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ELLEN MUDGE BURRILL 



'Boston State House is the Hub of the Solar System 

Oliver Wendell Holmes 



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J The Bulfinch State House g 

B "Far the most beautiful city in America, as far B 

5 as I have seen, is Boston, and the State House is M 

g the most beautiful building in the country. At g 

= Washington, at Albany, at Chicago, and elsewhere, | 

M you see much grander and more costly structures; M 

M but this is in perfect taste and proportion: every M 

M interspace the right size, every moulding right, M 

M every decoration refined — a sort of Adams archi- M 

M tecture of noblest type. . . . The situation is noble, M 

M and has been made the best of." H 

= From " Life and Correspondence of John Duke Lord Col- g 

M eridge. Lord Chief Justice of England." Extract from a letter g 

g to Sir M. E. Grant Duff, dated New York. October 26. 1883. g 

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INTRODUCTION 

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THE State House Guide Book was originally 
written at the request of the late Captain 
John G. B. Adams, Sergeant-at-Arms. Fifty- 
seven thousand copies, in six editions, have been dis- 
tributed since igoi to visitors from every State in the 
Union and from many foreign countries. The seventh 
edition is now published under authority of Chapter 
211, Item 126b, Acts of 1920. 

With the intention of giving a brief 
and comprehensive survey of the build- 
ing's history, the book is arranged in three 



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1 parts. In the first, it has been the aim to describe g 

I briefly the inception of the Bulfinch State House, with | 

B ' the principal changes and additions since its erection | 

■ in 1795. The second guides the visitor to the places of g 

1 interest in and about the building. The third part is | 

1 confined to the political and military record of those | 

B in whose honor a bust, oil painting or statue has been | 

1 placed in the State House. If any inaccuracies are | 

m discovered, the author will be glad to have them | 

H pointed out. H 

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M I am very happy to extend my thanks to Mr. Charles | 

J O. Holt, Sergeant-at-Arms, under whose direction the M 

M seventh edition is issued ; to the Secretary of the Com- g 

I monwealth and the State Librarian, for their kindness H 

in granting access to the archives ; also to g 

the many friends who have cheerfully and = 

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renewing my gratitude for the personal assistance 
and interest in my work extended by Mr. Holt, 
by Mr. James Beatty and Mr. Thomas F. Pedrick, 
former Sergeants-at-Arms, by Mr. Caleb B. Tillinghast 
and Mr. Charles F. D. Belden, former State Librarians. 

ELLEN MUDGE BURRILL. 
Lynn, Mass., March i, igzi. 



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The hill upon which the State House stands was 
originally called Tra-mount, owing to the " three 
little rising hills on the top of a high mountain on 
the north west side of the town." This "high 
mountain " extended through the centre of the 
peninsula, from the head of Hanover Street south- 
westerly to the water beyond the State House. It 
retained the name of Tra-mount until used as a 
look-out where the colonists "kept watch to foresee 
the approach of forrein dangers," when it was called 
Sentry Hill. After the erection of the Beacon, in 
1635, it received the name of Beacon Hill. 
Of these "three little rising hills" the first 
was called Cotton, afterwards Pemberton 



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M Hill, the central peak Sentry or Beacon Hill, the third m 

m peak West or Copley's Hill and later Mt. Vernon, g 

M but for many years the name of Beacon Hill has M 

M included the three peaks. H 

g In accordance with a resolve of the General Court, m 

M dated Feb. 16, 1795,^ Edward Hutchinson Robbins, H 

M Speaker of the House of Representatives, Thomas M 

B Dawes and Charles Bulfinch were appointed agents M 

M on the part of the Commonwealth, with authority B 

^ 1 Chapter 66, Resolves of 1 794, January session. B 

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M to erect, build and finish a new State House for the M 

M "accommodation of all the legislative and executive S 

B branches of government, on a spot of ground in g 

M Boston, commonly called the Governor's pasture, M 

M containing about two acres, more or less, adjoin- g 

M ing the late Governor Hancock's garden and be- | 

M longing to his heirs, — provided the Town of M 

M Boston would, at their expense, purchase and cause g 

H the same to be conveyed in fee simple to the Com- = 

M monwealth." The sum of ;^8,ooo was allowed for M 

M the purpose. A lawfully authorized committee of g 

the Town, — William Tudor, Charles Jarvis, = 

John Coffin Jones, William Eustis, William g 

Little, Thomas Dawes, Joseph Russell, M 



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H Harrison Gray Otis and Perez Morton, — purchased the = 

M "Governor's pasture" for £4,000, in behalf of the in- g 

M habitants, and conveyed it to the Commonwealth in @ 

g consideration of the premises and of five shillings paid to M 

J the committee by the agents. The deed was dated H 

g May 2, 1795,^ and the bounds of the pasture were M 

M described as follows: — "beginning at the Southeasterly M 

M corner of the garden of the late Governor Hancock, B 

g and thence running an Easterly course on Beacon g 

S Street, about two hundred and forty three feet M 

M three inches, more or less, to the corner of a street g 

g or passage way leading up Beacon Hill, thence run- g 

g ning a Northerly course upon said passage way towards B 

B the summit of said hill, two hundred and forty nine B 

8 feet, more or less, thence running a westerly course g 

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upon another passage way leading round said hill 
two hundred and thirty five feet and three inches, 
more or less, until it meets the Northeasterly corner 
of the said late Governor's garden, thence running 
on a line with said garden, nearly straight, about 
three hundred and seventy one feet, to the first men- 
tioned bounds, — the above description being in- 
tended to comprize the said pasture as it is now fenced 
in." 

Charles Bulfinch was chosen architect. The 
corner-stone — on a truck, decorated with ribbons 
— was drawn to its place by fifteen white 
horses, each with a leader, and was laid 
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His Excellency Samuel Adams, Governor, assisted 
by Most Worshipful Paul Revere, Grand Master, 
Right Worshipful William Scollay, Deputy Grand 
Master, and brethren of the Grand Lodge of Masons. 
The structure was 172 feet front, 65 feet deep, 155 
feet high, including the dome, and cost, as shown 
by resolves from Feb. 16, 1795, to June 22, lyqq, 
$140,000. This sum included the cost of a house for 
the Messenger to the General Court, which, with 
land, amounted to $5,000, leaving for the State 
House $135,000 (Auditor's Report for 1849). 

Thursday, Jan. 11, 1798, the General Court as- 
sembled for the last time in the old State House, 
State Street, where their sessions had been held for 
fifty years, and at 12 o'clock, noon — having been 



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I g joined by His Excellency Increase Sumner, Gov- S | 

I g emor, the Honorable Council, the Secretary, Treasurer J | 

I g and architect, Charles Bulfinch, — formed a pro- M i 

I g cession and marched to the new building. The two B | 

I M Houses, with the Governor and Council, assembled M | 

I M in the Senate Chamber in the afternoon, proceeded M | 

I I to -the House of Representatives, and heard prayers B | 

I g . from the Chaplain, after which the Supreme Ex- M | 

I I ecutive and the Honorable Senate retired to their m I 

I g several apartments. g | 

I g Early in the nineteenth century, the State House M | 

I M lot appears to have been enclosed by a wooden fence g f 

on Beacon Street, with brick fences on the g I 

east, west and north. Those on the east g | 

and north were removed in 1 826 and a wall g I 



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I g of hammered stone, on a solid trench foundation, with g | 

I g iron picketed fence, substituted. There was erected g | 

I g in the east wall an iron gate, with stone posts, and a m I 

I g flight of stone steps, with iron railings, for a convenient g I 

I g entrance to the building from Sumner Street (later Mt. g I 

I g Vernon Street). At the west end of the northerly line, | | 

I g there was a double and a single iron gate, with stone H | 

I = gate posts, as entrances to a foot way and carriage g i 

I g way along the west side of the building and parallel to g I 

I g the west bounds of the yard, leading to Beacon Street B f 

I g and terminating at the iron gates and granite posts, = I 

I g which, until the Fall of iqiq, were still in position at g | 

I g the corner of Beacon Street and Hancock Avenue. 1 g I 

i g 1 Chapters 36, 41 and 42. Resolves of 1824. See page 20. g i 

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His Excellency Levi Lincoln, Governor, employed 
Alexander Parris in 1826 as architect to superintend 
the construction of a "new and principal entrance," 
and to make certain changes in the front and east 
end. A front wall of granite, surmounted by an iron 
fence, and a central double gate, with single gates 
each side, properly set between massive granite posts, 
were erected; the front yard was lowered to a small 
degree, and the east and west comers rounded; the 
steep bank at the east end was also slightly gradu- 
ated. The stone work was done at the State Prison. ^ 
When the work was completed, Governor Lincoln trans- 
mitted the account of Mr. Parris to the 
Legislature, and in his message of Feb. 10, 
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g "Less elegance of style, or thoroughness of exe- B 

g cution would not have been satisfactory. The prin- B 

M cipal work is now finished for ages. It is wholly H 

M of stone and of iron, immovably fixed, not liable to B 

B be defaced, and subject to no future occasion for M 

B repairs. It is worthy of the character of the State, m 

B and the importance and grandeur of the objects to B 

M which it is appropriate." M 

B One important alteration was fulfilled in 1833, B 

B under a Resolve of March iq. ^ After a survey of J 

B the yard had been made, the inclination of the "prin- M 

B cipal approach" was reduced, according to a diagram = 

g 1 Chapters 39. Resolves of 1825; 94 of 1826; 60 and 87 of B 

m 1827; Committee Report to House of Representatives, June 11. = 

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= 3 Chapter 58, Resolves of 1833. ^ 

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I reported by Stephen P. Fuller, surveyor, in con- M | 

M currence of Solomon Willard, architect. The banks | | 

M and slopes which, "for over a third of a century had J | 

H obstructed the view of the building," were removed, g | 

m "affording a better exhibition of the architectural M | 

m proportions of the State House." The surveyor M | 

J of the Entrance-way found that the elevation of g | 

M the walk of the Colonnade, above the sidewalk in J | 

B Beacon Street, was nearly 31 feet, "making the g I 

S inclination in the whole way, of one inch and two M I 

m thirds of an inch, in one foot." By the plan adopted, m 1 

the inclination was reduced to half an inch g | 

in the foot. The upper parts of the grass M I 

banks were necessarily reduced, and the M I 



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g grass swards relaid ; the number of steps were increased ; m 

g the old freestone steps and flags repaired and relaid, and g 

g iron railing procured for the front steps. The new g 

g plinth of the piazza was made of marble slabs, which M 

g for years had been stored in the cellar. ^ g 

M The first addition to the Bulfinch State House g 

g was a one story "Fire Proof Edifice" erected on g 

g the northern front, under a resolve of March 10, g 

g 1 83 1. 2 The architect was Isaiah Rogers; the con- g 

g tractors James Hunt, Housewright, and Noah Porter, g 

M Mason; the superintendent of construction, Charles g 

M Wells. This edifice was 94 feet long, by 25 feet high, g 

g resting on a hammered stone foundation; the out- g 

M 1 State Archives, House files 1833, No. 12,851; Minutes B 

g made by Benjamin Russell, Chairman of the Committee on Public ^ 

g Buildings. ^ 

m 2 Chapter 75. Resolves of 1 83 1. ^ 

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I H side walls were of face bricks; the arches had key B 

I S stones, similar to the south front; the piers had g 

I g belts and four rosettes of freestone; the caps and B 

I B sills of the six windows were freestone; the roof B 

I I was covered with copper, ornamented by a balus- B 

I B trade of wood, like the one over the portico on the g 

I S south front ; the four rooms for the safe-keeping of the B 

I = records and papers of the Commonwealth were vaulted B 

I B with bricks ; the floor was likewise vaulted and cov- M 

I B ered with flagging stone. The work was completed M 



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B viding for the appointment of a committee of three "to 

I procure plans and estimates for a fire-proof building to 

g be erected in the rear of the State House." It was 

B voted, on April 27, 1853, ^ that a fire-proof building 

M should be erected on the north side, to be connected 

M with the main edifice, and the sum of $65,000 was 

B appropriated. The Governor, with the advice of the 

B Council, appointed three commissioners to superintend 

g the erection of the structure, — Charles H. Warren, 

I President of the Senate, John T. Heard and Samuel 

B K. Hutchinson, — a majority entering upon their 

B duties June 2, 1853. The following month Mr. Heard 

g 1 State Archives: Papers filed with the Resolve; Bond of 

^ May 10, 1831, and specifications; also plan No. ziyq (signed 

^ by the contractors) and No. 2180; Maps and Plans in Volumes 

g 26 and 55. 

g * Chapter qq. Resolves of 1852. 

g ' Chapter iqi. Acts of 1853. 

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m declined the appointment and Adam W. Thaxter, 
H Jr., was chosen to fill the vacancy. The report of 
1 Jan. 26, 1855, is signed by these three gentlemen, 
H but the next report, submitted Feb. 20, 1855, bears 
1 the signatures of Joseph R. Richards, S. K. Hutchin- 
m son and George M. Thacher as commissioners. Grid- 
I ley J. F. Bryant was the architect. Appropriations 
m were made from time to time, until, when completed, 
the addition cost $243,203.86. In conse- 
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B necessary excavating at the southeast corner, a few g 

M copper coins and two pieces of sheet lead were found = 

■ on August 7, 1855. This brought out the further inter- | 
H esting fact that a rough granite stone, still in its place, g 
B was the comer-stone and that the deposits of 1795 had | 

■ only been slightly protected. These original deposits, g 
M with new ones, were placed in a metal box, and in g 
H the presence of His Excellency Henry J. Gardner, | 
I Governor, on Aug. 11, 1855, were inserted by Most J 
I Worshipful Winslow Lewis, M.D., Grand Master, and g 
B other members of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, g 
M in the same southeast corner, under a newly ham- g 
= mered granite ashlar, which rested upon a block g 
B of granite, laid upon a new and firm foundation. g 
B Under a resolve of May 23, 1866, ^ a commission g 
M consisting of John H. Clifford, ex-Governor, Joseph g 
B A. Pond, President of the Senate, and James M. g 
B Stone, Speaker of the House of Representatives, g 

g I Chapter 87. Resolves of 1866. g 

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M was appointed to "consider the whole subject of B | 

M remodelling the State House." Their report, con- | | 

g taining three plans, drawn by Mr. Bryant and S | 

M Alexander R. Esty, was referred to the committee on Ml 

M State House of 1867, and it was decided, June i,^ g I 

M that the Legislature should have additional committee g | 

I rooms, that certain alterations and improvements M | 

g should be made in the building, as well as a general g | 

M system of repairs, ventilation, steam heat 

S and increased cellar accommodations, 

g Mr. Pond and Mr. Stone were appointed 



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g commissioners, William Washburn & Son were the m 

M architects, and the final cost was $270,256.96. M 

g Commonwealth Building, No. 1 1 Mt. Vernon Street, M 

g formerly the Way estate, was procured under an act g 

g approved May 26, 1882, 2 remodelled and used by State M 

M departments until the winter of iqoo, when it was M 

g razed, together with houses Nos. 1-6 Mt. Vernon M 

g Street, that the land might be included in the park. ' g 

g On May 17, 1888,^ the Governor and Council g 

g were authorized to acquire the land bounded by M 

g Derne, Temple, Mt. Vernon and Hancock Streets, M 

g and a parcel of land east of Temple Street, between g 

M Mt. Vernon and Derne; also to discontinue Temple g 

g Street between Mt. Vernon and Derne Streets. By M 

M this act $500,000 was appropriated, and May 3, M 

M i88q, ^ $130,000 additional was allowed. An act M 

g 1 Chapter 84, Resolves of 1867. * Chapter 349, Acts of 1888. g 

g ' Chapter 262. Acts of 1882. 6 Chapter 300. Acts of i88q. g 

^ 3 Chapter 382, Acts of iqoo. ^ 

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of June 1 6, iSqi, ^ enabled the commissioners to j 

take land bounded by Deme and Bowdoin Streets, [ 

Beacon Hill Place and the State House. June q, 1893, ^ 1 

provision was made for taking Beacon Hill Place; 1 

J une 29, I 8q4, ^ for taking the land bounded by Bowdoin, 1 

Beacon, Mt. Vernon Streets and land then owned 1 

by the Commonwealth; also on June ig, iqoi,^ g 

for procuring the estates Nos. 8-14 Mt. Vernon I 

Street, I 

The Governor and Council were allowed $5,000 1 

on May 25, 1888,^ to prepare a general plan for the 1 

better accommodation of the State government, 1 

and March iq, i88q, ^ $2,500 was ap- 1 

propriated to further perfect the plan. | 

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M the State House was reported, becoming a law June 4, M 

M i88q. ' To meet the expenses incurred under this act, M 

g a loan, not exceeding $2,500,000, was authorized, and g 

H work was begun under the direction of John D. Long, M 

m William Endicott, Jr., and Benjamin D. Whitcomb, H 

J State House Construction Commissioners. Upon the M 

I death of Mr. Whitcomb, in 1 894, Charles Everett Clark S 

I was appointed a member of the commission, and g 

I upon the resignation of Mr. Long, Mr. Endicott m 

M became chairman, with George W. Johnson as the M 

M third member. ^ The architects were Charles Brigham g 

g 1 Chapter 404, Acts of 1 8q2. » Chapter 92. Resolves of 1888. M 

M » Chapter 450, Acts of 1893. « Chapter 38. Resolves of i88g. M 

M ' Chapter 532, Acts of 1894. ' Chapter 394. Acts of i88q. M 

M * Chapter 525, Acts of I qo I. = 

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^ completed the building. ^ 

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M and John C. Spofford, but after March, iSqi, Mr, | 

M Brigham had entire charge. | 

P The corner-stone of this new building was laid | 

m at the northeast comer Dec. 21, i88q, by Governor | 

I Oliver Ames, assisted by John D. Long, chairman | 

J of the commission, and the Grand Lodge of Masons, | 

M Most Worshipful Henry Endicott, Grand Master, | 

H Right Worshipful Samuel Wells, Deputy Grand | 

I Master. Departments began to occupy the new | 

J offices in the fall of 1894. | 

m The Governor, with the advice and consent of | 

g the Council, was authorized on March 14, 1895, ^ to | 

M appoint a commission for the preservation 

J of the Bulfinch State House, who should 

g thoroughly examine the condition of the 



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I building, and report the result, with their recommen- | 

I dations, to the General Court. Charles A. Cummings, B 

g David H. Andrews and E. Noyes Whitcomb, being g 

I chosen, reported April 13, 1895. On June q, 1896,2 g 

M His Honor Roger Wolcott, acting Governor, George P. M 

m Lawrence, President of the Senate, and George v. L. B 

g Meyer, Speaker of the House of Representatives, H 

g were appointed a committee to arrange for plans for M 

M preserving the Bulfinch State House substantially in M 

g accordance with the report of the above commis- H 

B sion. The committee selected Arthur G. Everett m 

m as architect, with Robert D. Andrews as his associate B 

g and Charles A. Cummings consulting architect. m 

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I m The State House Construction Commission had g 

I I charge of the work, and $375,000 was appropriated g 

I M to meet the expenses. g 

I H By an act approved June 5, 1897, ^ His Excel- g 

i B lency Roger Wolcott, Governor, President George | 

I m P. Lawrence and Speaker John L. Bates were ap- g 

I M pointed a committee to consider and decide upon g 

I = plans for furnishing the Bulfinch part. Mr. Everett g 

submitted drawings, specifications and de- g 

signs, and the State House Construction g 

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m building in accordance with the plans and under the g 

m superintendence of the architect. B 

g A survey of the property owned by the State, and B 

g adjacent property, was made under a resolve ap- g 

I proved Feb. 23, iSqqJ Eight years later, the com- g 

g mittee on State House made an exhaustive study g 

g of the problem of additional accommodations, and g 

M during the summer of iqo/, authorized by an act g 

g of June 21,' a special commission continued the g 

g investigation, making a report in iqo8 (Senate Docu- B 

g ment. No. 73). g 

g In IQ12 the State House Commission, — Thomas g 

I F. Pedrick, Sergeant-at-Arms, Albert P. Langtry, M 

g Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Elmer A. Stevens, g 

g Treasurer and Receiver General, — were directed by g 

^ a resolve of May 1 1 * to investigate the advisability g 

g of constructing a building on the southerly side of g 

g > Chapter 470, Acts of 1897. ^ Chapter 545. Acts of 1907. g 

g » Chapter 5. Resolves of i8qq. * Chapter 102, Resolves of 1912. g 

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Mt. Vernon Street immediately west of Hancock 
Avenue. At their request, William Chapman sub- 
mitted drawings for an office building, together 
with his plans for east and west wings, and plans were 
also presented by other Boston architects. After a 
careful study, the Commission reported that under 
the then existing conditions they felt the problem 
could best be solved by purchasing the Robert Treat 
Paine estate on Mt. Vernon and Joy 
Streets, and Mt. Vernon Place, adjoining 
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g erecting a building for the use of departments (House M 

M Document No. 2335). This report brought forward g 

M anew the question of enlarging the State House itself M 

B and a resolve, approved June 13, 1912,^ authorized g 

M the Commission to cause to be prepared plans for g 

m alterations in, or additions to, the building. They g 

g were directed to consult with, and to obtain the co- g 

g operation of, the State Art Commission, and to report g 

M to the General Court of iqi 3 the plan or plans approved g 

g by the State House Commission, with their recom- | 

= mendations. William Chapman, R. Clipston Sturgis g 

M and Robert D. Andrews were retained as architects g 

g on July 31 and a working agreement was signed g 

g August 17, the general plan of procedure having been g 

g approved by the Governor and Council that day. M 

g One of the important elements at first agreed g 

M upon was that whatever addition was built should M 

g 1 Chapter 150, Resolves of iqi2. g 

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M be in harmony with the Bulfinch front. The State 1 

g House Commission recommended to the Legislature on 1 

I Jan. I, iqi3, that the plan of lateral east and west g 

J wings terminating in pavilions on the north and south g 

g axis be adopted as the final solution for enlarging the g 

g State House and that the lateral portion on the west g 

M and the complete wing on the east be first constructed. M 

g The Art Commission endorsed this general scheme g 

g of development. The enlargement was made pos- g 

g siblc by the passage of an "Act to provide for the con- g 

g struction of additions to the State House," approved B 

g by His Excellency Eugene N. Foss, Governor, June g 

1 8, 1913.^ This act established the State H 

House Building Commission, and Albert P. g 

Langtry, Joseph B. Russell and Neil g 



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g McNeil were appointed Sept. 17, 1913. They se- 

m lected as architects Mr. Chapman, Mr. Sturgis and 

m Mr. Andrews, an agreement being signed Oct. 1 1 , 

g 1913. The appropriation was $qoo,ooo. The first 

g sod was turned by Thomas F. Pedrick, Sergeant-at- 

M Arms, on May 26, 1Q14. The corner-stone was laid 

B at the northeasterly corner of the east wing, at noon, 

g Aug. 6, 1914, by his Excellency David I. Walsh, Gov- 

g ernor, and His Honor Edward P. Barry, Lieutenant 

g Governor, in the presence of the Executive Council, 
M 1 Chapter 830, Acts of it)i 3. 

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= officers and members of the General Court, the Build- B 

M ing Commission, Department officials and many other g 

B guests. = 

M The forward projection of the west wing was au- m 

M thorized on May 13, iqi^,^ together with the pur- g 

g chase or taking in fee simple of the following prop- g 

g erties: — Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Hancock Avenue; Nos. g 

M I, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Mt. Vernon Place; No. i6Mt. Ver- g 

g non Street and the easterly portion of the lot corner J 

g of Mt. Vernon and Joy Streets. These takings were 3 

B made by the Governor and Council August 18, 1Q15. g 

B The appropriation was $600,000, and an act of May g 

B q, iqi6, 2 increased it by $65,000. Another 

g act of May 24, 1916, ^ allowed $700,000 

B for taking the property Nos. 28, 2q, 30 and 



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I g 31 Beacon Street, and Nos. 5 and 6 Hancock Avenue. g 

I I These takings were made October 11, iqi6. The g 

I g houses Nos. 2q and 30 Beacon Street were on the site S 

I g of Governor John Hancock's mansion, and it is most B 

I g appropriate that this historic spot, adjoining the "Gov- g 

I g ernor's pasture" on which the Bulfinch State House g 

I g stands, should come into the possession of the M 

I g Commonwealth. g 

I M The foundations of the wings are of granite ; the ex- g 

I g terior walls of Vermont marble. The Bulfinch front is g 

I M ^ Chapter 256, General Acts of iqi 5. M 

I g 2 Chapter 181, General Acts of iqi6. M 

I M ' Chapter 250, General Acts of iqi6; also $100,000 additional. ^ 

I ^ Chapter qz. Special Acts of iq 1 8. g 

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= painted white, to harmonize with the wings in color. 
M Mr. Langtry and Mr. Russell resigned from the Build- 
g ing Commission Jan. 20, and 21, 1915, respectively, 
g and the vacancies were filled by the appointment of 
g John A. Keliher and J. Edward Fuller, who qualified 
Feb. 4, IQ15, and with Mr, McNeil, carried 
on the work until the passage of Chapter 
17, General Acts of iqi6, approved March 



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g 2, 1Q16. Under this act, the powers and duties per- I 

B taining to that commission were transferred to and I 

= vested in the State House Commission, Mr. Pedrick, I 

M Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Langtry, Secretary of the I 

M Commonwealth, and Charles L. Burrill, Treasurer | 

g and Receiver General. I 

J The first appropriation for completing the grounds | 

g was $35,000.00. Mr. Chapman's plan was selected | 

M and approved by the Governor. About one-half the | 

g work was finished in iqiq at an expense of $31,129.33. ^ | 

g Upon the consolidation of departments, 2 the care of | 

g the property was transferred to the Superintendent | 

M of Buildings, Fred H. Kimball, and the grounds | 

g have been completed under his direction, an addi- | 

g tional appropriation of $30,000 having been allowed. ^ | 

g The grounds have been regraded, the paths to the east | 

g and west wings from Beacon Street made uniform, | 

g the front wall and fence extended the entire width of | 

g the lot, and the granite posts and iron gates, which | 

B formerly stood at Hancock Avenue, now define the | 

g entrance to the John Hancock mansion. ■* | 

g 1 Chapter 153. Special Acts of iqiq. Item 126b. | 

= 2 Chapter 350, General Acts of iqiq. i 

g s Chapter 225, Ac;:s of iq20. Item 170. Total cost $65,000.00. i 

^ * See page 8. | 

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I The expense incurred for constructing and fur- g 

I nishing the State House extension was $4,078,437.85; M 

I for the preservation and furnishing of the Bulfinch g 

I front, $335,468.83. The total amount expended for H 

I the State House extension, restoration of the Bui- g 

I finch front, furnishings, land .occupied by 

I the extension and park, east side, estates 

I Nos. 8, 10, 12 and 14 Mt. Vernon Street, 



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g west side, together with damages on account of g 

M limiting the height of buildings, to Jan. i, 1914, was g 

H $7,173,663.34. Since that date the east and west m 

J wings have cost $1,204,366.66, the grounds $65,000.00, | 

M and the recent property acquisitions on the west, M 

M $1,127,001.54, making the cost of additions and im- M 

g provements, from 1888 to Feb. i, IQ21, amount to g 

.g $9,570,031.54. I 

M The original lot, or "Governor Hancock's pas- g 

g ture," contained 1.7 acres; the present holdings of = 

g the Commonwealth, including the takings of iqi6, g 

g cover 6.6 acres. g 

m The purchase of the lots on Hancock Avenue g 

g recalls Chapter 20, Resolves of 1824, approved June g 

g II, 1824, which authorized negotiations for an ex- g 

g change of land with the proprietors of lands adjoining g 

g the State House yard, on the westerly side, and to g 

g arrange a plan with them that their buildings should g 

M be so erected as not to injure the beauty or value B 

g of the public lands; also for executing sufficient g 

M deeds to carry out the purposes of the resolve. It g 

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was at this time that Hancock Avenue ^ was laid 
out on the Commonwealth's lands for the accommo- 
dation of these proprietors, and under such 
restrictions as would preserve the beauty of 
the public lands and secure the interest of 



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the Commonwealth. ^ 

The dimensions of the State House follow : — 

Ft. In. 
Height of Bulfinch front from base course to pinnacle, . 155 
Depth of Bulfinch front. ...... 65 

Width of Bulfinch front. . . . . . .172 

Base course of Bulfinch front above city base, . .106 

Diameter of dome. . . . . . • • 53 

Height of dome, . . . . . . .35 

Height of cupola. ....... 24 

Diameter of cupola balcony, . . . ... 18 6 

Length of extension, ....... 397 

Width of extension in rear, . . . . .173 

Height of extension in rear (sidewalk to apex). . .107 q 

Widest part of extension. . . . . . . 212 6 

Dimensions of east and west wings: — 

Ft. In. 

Laterally from Bulfinch front, . . . . . 8j 10 

Length of forward projection from lateral unit, . .913 

Width of forward projection. . . . . . 55 4 

Full length 168 

Width of north end, . . . . . . . 141 2 

The height conforms with the Bulfinch front. 

Total floor area. ..... 454.784 square feet. 

1 In 1827, called State House Avenue; named Hancock 
Avenue by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, June 21, 1828 
(City Records 1828, p. 27)- 

' Commonwealth-Cornelius Coolidge et al., June 18, 1825 
(Suffolk Deeds. Lib. 107. fol. 273. Emily G. Perry et al. vs. The 
Commonwealth, 188 Mass., p. 457)- 

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OBJECTS OF INTEREST 

The Bulfinch State House — The Dome 

The State House, as completed by Charles Bul- 
finch, was a red brick building, with balconies on 
the south and north fronts. Its columns, 
pilasters, cornices and cupola were of 
wood, painted white; its fascias, imposts, 
keystones and lintels a white Greek or 
Italian marble. The beautiful capitals 
are of the Corinthian order, and the consols bear the 
design of the acanthus leaf. 

The dome was at first made entirely of wood, 
but to secure it from the danger of fire and the effects 
of the weather, it was sheathed in 1802 with copper, 
purchased from Paul Revere &z Son at an expense 
of $4,231.00, and the platform, on which 
the "lanthorn" stood, was covered 
with thick sheet lead.i The dome 



The 
Dome 



was originally painted lead color, with a golden 
pine cone on the "lanthorn." In 1825, the bricks 
were painted white, the lead color of the dome 
was retained and the cone on the cupola regilded. 
In 1 83 1, the shingles were removed from the pedi- 

1 State Archives, Chapter 145. Resolves of 1801, January 
session, March 11; Chapter 53, Resolves of 1803. June 22, with 
statement of disbursements by the Agents, June 18. 1803. 



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ment cornice and its roof covered with copper. The g | 

old copper and shingles were also removed from the M I 

dome, the boarding repaired, sheathed with new B i 

boards, covered with new copper and painted gray. g I 

Mr. Charles Wells, superintendent of the repairs, M I 

reported to Governor Levi Lincoln, December 15, g | 

1 83 1, that he had apprehended a dilapidated condi- M | 

tion of the boarding of the dome would be found, | [ 

when stripped of its external covering, = | 

which would require a substitution of new g | 

materials, but to his great surprise the H I 



The 
Dome 



boarding proved to be nearly sound. The stripping 
of the external covering meant the removal of the 
Revere copper. Its weight exceeded that of the new 
by more than 1,600 pounds. It is interesting to note 
that 6,28q pounds of copper at .23 per pound was 
bought of Charles Tracy, June 28, 1831, at a cost of 
$1,446.47, and he allowed the State for 7,^71 pounds 
of old copper at .17^ or a total of $1,394.92. The 
expense of the repairs was $1,324.50, in addition to 
the proceeds of the old copper. 1 

The exterior of the building was painted in whole 
or in part from time to time, and although the vouchers 
for 1855 do not intimate the color, it is probable that 
the building was painted yellow, with white trim- 
mings, at that period, for the dome had been painted 
yellow some years when, on Jan. 3, 1861, Governor 
Nathaniel P. Banks, in his valedictory address, rec- 
ommended that it be gilded. The dome was not 

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covered with gold leaf until 1874, ^ and it was re- I 

gilded in 1888, i8q8, iqo6 and iqii.^ During the | 

preservation of the Bulfinch front, steel construe- | 

tion was substituted for the wood beams and braces 1 

in the dome. The present cupola, a reproduction | 

of the original, was built in 1897, replacing the one | 

that was erected in 1859. The dome is illuminated 1 

at night by 498 electric lights. ^ It is accessible to | 

the public whenever the building is open, except 1 

during sessions of the Senate. 1 

Shaw — Hancock — Webster — Mann | 

A memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw ^ and the 1 

Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, by Augustus I 
St. Gaudens, which was dedicated May 31, 
i8q7, stands on the Common, facing the 
State House. The Fifty-fourth was the first 



Shaw 



colored regiment recruited in Massachusetts. Colonel 
Shaw was killed in the assault upon Fort Wagner, 
S. C, July 18, 1863. The memorial was paid for by 
voluntary subscriptions. 

1 Chapter 76. Resolves of 1874. 

2 Twenty-three carat gold is used. 

8 It was first illuminated on Tuesday, Sept. 27. i8q8, at 7 p.m. 
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INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT OF THE 
SHAW MONUMENT 

ROBERT GOULD SHAW 

COLONEL OF THE FIFTY FOURTH REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS 

INFANTRY BORN IN BOSTON OCTOBER X MDCCCXXXVII 

KILLED WHILE LEADING THE ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER 

SOUTH CAROLINA JULY XVIII MDCCCLXIII 

RIGHT IN THE VAN ON THE RED RAMPART'S SLIPPERY SWELL 
WITH HEART THAT BEAT A CHARGE HE FELL 

FOEWARD AS FITS A MAN 
BUT THE HIGH SOUL BURNS ON TO LIGHT MEN'S FEET 
WHERE DEATH FOR NOBLE ENDS MAKES DYING SWEET. 

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 

The stone work is Knoxville pink marble, set 
upon a base of Milford pink granite. 

Tine quotation "Omnia reliquit servare rempub- 
licam, " on the field of the bronze tablet, is the 
motto of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



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INSCRIPTION ON THE REAR OF THE 
SHAW MONUMENT 

TO THE FIFTY FOURTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 

REGIMENT INFANTRY 

THE WHITE OFFICERS 

TAKING LIFE AND HONOR IN THEIR HANDS CAST IN THEIR LOT 

WITH MEN OF A DESPISED RACE UNPROVED IN WAR AND 

RISKED DEATH AS INCITERS OF SERVILE INSURRECTION 

IF TAKEN PRISONERS BESIDES ENCOUNTERING ALL THE 

COMMON PERILS OF CAMP MARCH AND BATTLE. 

THE BLACK RANK AND FILE 
VOLUNTEERED WHEN DISASTER CLOUDED THE UNION CAUSE 
SERVED WITHOUT PAY FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS TILL GIVEN 
THAT OF WHITE TROOPS FACED THREATENED ENSLAVE- 
MENT IF CAPTURED WERE BRAVE IN ACTION PATIENT 
UNDER HEAVY AND DANGEROUS LABORS AND CHEERFUL 
AMID HARDSHIPS AND PRIVATIONS. 

TOGETHER 

THEY GAVE TO THE NATION AND THE WORLD UNDYING PROOF 

THAT AMERICANS OF AFRICAN DESCENT POSSESS THE 

PRIDE COURAGE AND DEVOTION OF THE PATRIOT SOLDIER. 

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND SUCH AMERICANS 

ENLISTED UNDER THE UNION FLAG IN 

MDCCCLXIII MDCCCLXV. 

CHARLES W. ELIOT. 

I KNOW NOT MR. COMMANDER WHERE IN ALL HUMAN HISTORY 
TO ANY GIVEN THOUSAND MEN IN ARMS THERE HAS 

BEEN COMMITTED A WORK AT ONCE SO PROUD SO PRECIOUS 
SO FULL OF HOPE AND GLORY AS THE WORK COMMITTED 
TO YOU. 

JOHN A. ANDREW, GOVERNOR. 



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I M At the western gate on Beacon Street there is M 

I m a tablet marking the site of the famous John g 

I I Hancock house. ^ Upon the terraced lawn are g 

bronze statues of Daniel Webster, ^ by = 

Hiram Powers, and of Horace Mann, ^ g 

by Miss Emma Stebbins. M 

The statue of Webster was erected = 



Hancock 
Webster 
Mann 



in 1859, by the Webster Memorial Fund. ' This M 

was the second statue executed by the sculptor; the g 

first was shipped from Leghorn in the autumn of g 

1857 but was lost at sea. The pedestal of New g 

Hampshire granite was executed from drawings by | 

S. Greely Curtis, for which a sketch was furnished the m 

sculptor. On the day set apart for the unveiling, g 

Sept. 17, iS^g, Gen. John S. Tyler was Chief Marshal. g 

Military escort was performed by the Second Battalion g 

of Infantry, First Division, M.V.M., commanded by g 

Maj. Charles O. Rogers. The Legislature, escorted g 

by the Sergeant-at-Arms, formed in Doric Hall, and g 

under escort of the Battalion, marched to Music g 

Hall where the exercises were held owing to the un- g 

favorable weather. The civic procession followed g 

from City Hall. Rev. Samuel K. Lothrop offered g 

prayer, Professor Cornelius Conway Felton pre- g 

sented the statue on behalf of the Committee of g 

One Hundred; His Honor Frederic Walker Lincoln, g 

Jr., Mayor of Boston, received the statue for the city, g 

and His Excellency Nathaniel P. Banks, Governor, g 

1 The Hancock house was erected in 1737; removed in 1863. g 

» See Appendix. ^ 

3 Chapter 8q, Resolves of 1859. ^ 

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accepted it on behalf of the Commonwealth. The 
eulogy was delivered by Hon. Edward Everett, and 
under an order of the Legislature of Sept. iq, 1859, he 
repeated the oration on the grounds of 
the State House, the exercises taking 
place on Sept. 27 before " an immense 
multitude." 

The statue of Mann was dedicated 



Webster 
Mann 

Fountains 



July 4, 1865; the funds were contributed by school 
children and teachers of Massachusetts in i860; the 
pedestal was furnished by the State. 

Two bronze fountains were erected in 1849;^ the 
base of each was ornamented with the State coat- 
of-arms, and the scallop or conkle shell which for 
hundreds of years has been the badge of pilgrims. 

Major General Joseph Hooker 

A bronze equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. Joseph 
Hooker ^ occupies the centre of the approach to the 
east wing. It was purchased by the Commonwealth 
in i8q6. ^ General Hooker, ever on the 
alert, is portrayed, sitting on his charger, 
ready to start at a moment's notice, and 



Hooker 



g one fully realizes his intense devotion to the cause for I 

M which he fought so nobly. The man is by Daniel I 

M Chester French, the horse by Edward C. Potter. The I 

M pedestal is of granite from Stony Creek, Connecticut. I 

I Upon the front is the coat-of-arms ^ of the Common- | 

g * Chapter 5, Resolves of 1850; removed in iqiq. | 

^ 2 See Appendix. | 

^ 3 Chapter 43, Resolves of 1 8q6. | 

^ * The coat-of-arms was modelled by Mr. French. | 

g 2q I 



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M wealth of Massachusetts, surrounded by a wreath M 

m of laurel, while directly above appears the name 1 

M "Hooker." g 

M In 1Q03 the Legislature authorized the governor | 

= and council to arrange for the dedication of the M 

J statue. It was unveiled at nine o'clock on the morn- = 

g ing of June 25, 1903, in the presence of a large num- S 

M ber of guests. | 

g The statue was presented to the Commonwealth g 

I by His Honor Curtis Guild, Jr., Lieutenant Gov- g 

m ernor; it was unveiled by Master Joseph Hooker g 

M Wood, grand-nephew of General Hooker, and was g 

accepted by His Excellency John L. Bates, g 

Governor. Later in the day there was a g 

parade, including soldiers and sailors of g 



Hooker 



§ the Army and Navy of the United States, together | 

g with the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, veterans 1 

g of the Mexican, Civil and Spanish American wars, 1 

M and many others. It was reviewed at the State i 

g House by John L. Bates, Governor and Commander- i 

g in-Chief, with his staff. 1 

M The battleships Indiana and Texas, torpedo-boat 1 

g destroyers Chauncey, Dale, Bainbridge, Barry and 1 

g Decatur, with the Hartford, were anchored in the 1 

g harbor in honor of the event. In the evening formal 1 

g exercises were held in Mechanics Hall, Governor g 

M Bates presiding. 1 

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g The bronze statue of Maj. Gen. Charles Devens, ^ 

I is by Olin L. Warner. ^ It was erected in i8q8. 

B The statue of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks ^ 

g was modelled by Henry H. Kitson. ^ The figure is 

m bronze covered with gold leaf; the chair, 

M monolith and base are granite. At the dedi- 

M cation, Sept. i6, iqo8, Rev. Paul Sterling 



Devens 
Banks 



offered prayer; Paul Sterling, Jr., a grandson of General 
Banks, unveiled the statue; it was presented by 
Councillor Seward W. Jones and accepted by His 
Excellency Eben S. Draper, Governor. The oration 
was given by Hon. Herbert Parker in the House of 
Representatives . 

The Beacon 

The Beacon was erected under an order of the 
General Court of the Colony, March 4, 1634-35, 
— "It is ordered, that there shalbe forth with a 
beacon sett on the centry hill at Boston, to give 
notice to the country of any danger, &z 
that there shalbe a ward of one pson kept 
there from the first of April to the last of 



The 
Beacon 



M Septr., 6z that upon the discov'y of any danger, the g 

M beacon shalbe fired, an allarum given, as also messen- = 

M gers presently sent by that towne where the danger is g 

M discov'ed, to all other townes within their jurisdiccon." M 

g A space on the top of the hill, six rods square, was g 

M 1 See Appendix. = 

g ' Chapter 8 1 . Resolves of i8qi. ^ 

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g reserved by the town for the monument, with "pas- 1 

I sage from the Common thereto." The Beacon was a 1 

g tall pole or mast, and projecting from one side was = 

g an iron crane supporting an iron pot. The mast was 1 

g placed on cross-timbers with a stone foundation, was M 

M supported by braces and provided with cross-sticks 1 

serving the purpose of a ladder for ascend- 1 

ing to the crane. Governor Bernard said 1 

the Beacon was rebuilt "without his con- 1 



The 
Beacon 



I g sent" in 1768. It remained until removed by General 

I g Gage in 1775, when a "small square fort" was built 

I I on the hill. Soon after the evacuation of Boston, 

I g March 17, 1776, the town erected another pole, nearly 

I g in the centre of the British fort; this was blown down 

I g in a storm, Thursday, Nov. 26, lySq. 

I M A monument, from the design of Charles Bul- 

I g finch, was erected in 1790 by a number of the in- 

1 g habitants to "commemorate that train of events 

I g which led to the American Revolution and finally 

I g secured Liberty and Independence to the United 

I g States." This was a plain Doric column, about 

I g 60 feet high, built of brick, covered with stucco, 

I H with foundation and mouldings of stone. The fol- 

I g lowing spring it was surmounted by a "large eagle 

I g of wood, gilt, supporting the American arms." The 

I m column was enclosed "by a fence of rails, in front 

I g of which were benches for the accommodation of 

I M those who ascend the hill." A wooden effigy of 

I g the eagle is now over the President's chair in the 

I M Senate chamber. 

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M Aug. lo, 1811, the town of Boston sold to Sam- g 

m uel Spear and John Hancock the land on which the M 

g monument stood, being 6 rods square originally | 

H reserved in 1634-35. The hill was dug away and | 

M the column taken down and destroyed, but the four g 

= slate tablets in its base were preserved in the State g 

H House, and are now in the stone reproduc- 

m tion which was erected by the Bunker 

M Hill Monument Association in i8g8. The 



The 
Beacon 



new monument was formally presented to the Com- 
monwealth June 17, iSqq. Its dimensions are exactly 
the same as those of the original, and the eagle is an 
exact copy of the original drawings for the wooden 
eagle upon the Bulfinch monument. 1 

The inscription upon the bronze tablet in the 
base was prepared by Charles W. Eliot, President of 
Harvard College. 

IN 1634 THE GENERAL COURT CAUSED 

A BEACON 

TO BE PLACED ON THE TOP OF THIS HILL 

IN 1790 A BRICK AND STONE MONUMENT 

DESIGNED BY CHARLES BULFINCH 

REPLACED THE BEACON 

BUT WAS REMOVED IN 1811 

•WHEN THE HILL WAS CUT DOWN 

IT IS NOW REPRODUCED IN STONE 
BY THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION 



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TABLET UPON THE EAST SIDE 

TO COMMEMORATE 

THAT TRAIN OF EVENTS 

WHICH LED 

TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

AND FINALLY SECURED 

LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE 

TO THE UNITED STATES 

THIS COLUMN IS ERECTED 

BY THE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION 

OF THE CITIZENS 

OP BOSTON 

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TABLET UPON THE SOUTH SIDE 

STAMP ACT PASSED 1765, REPEALED 1766. 

BOARD OP CUSTOMS ESTABLISHED 1767. 

BRITISH TROOPS FIRED ON THE INHABITANTS OP BOSTON 

MARCH 5. 1770. 

TEA ACT PASSED 1773. 

TEA DESTROYED IN BOSTON DECEM : 16. 

PORT OP BOSTON SHUT AND GUARDED JUNE 1. 1774. 

GENERAL CONGRESS AT PHILADELPHIA SEPT: 4. 

PROVINCIAL CONGRESS AT CONCORD OCT: 11. 

BATTLE OP LEXINGTON APRIL 19. 1775. 

BATTLE OP BUNKER HILL JUNE 17. 

WASHINGTON TOOK COMMAND OP THE ARMY JULY 2. 

BOSTON EVACUATED MARCH 17: 1776. 

INDEPENDANCE DECLARED BY CONGRESS JULY 4. 1776. 

HANCOCK PRESIDENT. 



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TABLET UPON THE WEST SIDE 

AMERICANS 

WHILE FROM THIS EMINENCE 

SCENES OF LUXURIANT FERTILITY 

OP FLOURISHING COMMERCE 

& THE ABODES OP SOCIAL HAPPINESS 

MEET YOUR VIEW 

FORGET NOT THOSE 

WHO BY THEIR EXERTIONS 

HAVE SECURED TO YOU 

THESE BLESSINGS. 



TABLET UPON THE NORTH SIDE 

CAPTURE OP HESSIANS AT TRENTON DEC: 26. 1776. 

CAPTURE OP HESSIANS AT BENNINGTON. AUG: 16. 1777. 

CAPTURE OP BRITISH ARMY AT SARATOGA OCT: 17. 

ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE FEB: 6. 1778. 

CONFEDERATION OF UNITED STATES FORMED JULY 9. 

CONSTITUTION OP MASSACHUSETTS FORMED 1780. 

BOV/DOIN PRESIDENT OF CONVENTION. 

CAPTURE OP BRITISH ARMY AT YORK OCT: 19. 1781. 

PRELIMENARIES OP PEACE NOV: 30. 1782. 

DEFINITIVE TREATY OF PEACE SEPT: 10. 1783. 

FEDERAL CONSTITUTION FORMED SEPT: 17. 1787. 

AND RATIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES 1787. TO. 1790. 

NEW CONGRESS ASSEMBLED AT NEW YORK APRIL. 6. 1789. 

WASHINGTON INAUGURATED PRESIDENT APRIL 30. 

PUBLIC DEBTS FUNDED AUG: 4. 1790. 



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J Doric Hall — Washington — Hancock — 

I Andrew — Lincoln — War Relics 

g Entering the Bulfinch front from Beacon Street, 

g the visitor first steps into Doric Hall, whose archi- 
g tecture, as its name indicates, is of the Doric order, 
g Its columns have twenty flu tings, and the style re- 

mains unchanged, thus preserving the 
time -honored proportions as designed by 
Charles Bulfinch. Here are marble stat- 
ues of George Washington, i first Presi- 
dent of the United States, by Sir Francis 
Chantrey (1826), given to the Common- 
wealth Nov. 26, 1827, by the Washing- 
ton Monument Association, and of 
Governor John A. Andrew, 1 by Thomas Ball (1870), 
unveiled Feb. 14, 1871, the gift of private citizens 
as a memorial of the affectionate regard in which 
the people of the Commonwealth held her distin- 
guished son. 

Here also are two brass cannon, consecrating 

the names of Maj. John Buttrick and Capt. Isaac 

Davis, "whose valour and example excited their 

fellow citizens to a successful resistance 

of a superior number of British troops," 

at Concord bridge, April ig, 1775; two 

brass cannon captured in the war of 1 8 1 2 

(they were cast in 1780 by W. Kinman; 

'4** and letters *'U. E. I. C," probably 



Doric 
Hall 

Washing- 
ton 

Andrew 



Cannon 



Tablets 



the figure 

mean "4th Regiment, United East India Company"); 
a tablet in memory of Charles Bulfinch, architect; a 
tablet "to commemorate the preservation and renewal 
of the Massachusetts State House. " 
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I TABLETS I 

M IN MEMORY OP M 

m CHARLES BULFINCH OF BOSTON g 

m THE FIBST NEW ENGLAND ARCHITECT M 

m BORN 1763 DIED 1844 g 

M EDUCATED AT HARVARD COLLEGE ^ 

M AND BY FOREIGN TRAVEL J 

^ CHAIRMAN OP THE BOARD OP SELECTMEN ^ 

g FROM 1797 TO 1818 m 

^ A PERIOD OP GREAT IMPROVEMENTS ^ 

J FROM 1818 TO 1830 I 

M THE ARCHITECT OP THE CAPITOL ^ 

^ AT WASHINGTON J 

^ AMONG HIS IMPORTANT DESIGNS WERE M 

M THE FIRST THEATRE IN BOSTON 1793 g 

M THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE 1795 g 

g THE FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BOSTON 1803 g 

= FANEUIL HALL ENLARGED 1805 M 

M TTNIVERSITY HALL AT HARVARD COLLEGE 1814 = 

g THE MCLEAN ASYLUM AT SOMERVILLB = 

g 1792 AND 1817 AND THE M 

M MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 1818 g 

m A GRAVE MODEST JUST AND CHEERFUL MAN M 

g OP SIMPLE HABITS CLEAR INTELLIGENCE g 

M HIGH PRINCIPLES AND GENTLE JUDGMENTS M 



M TO COMMEMORATE = 

m THE PRESERVATION AND RENEWAL g 

m OP THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE ^ 

g DESIGNED BY CHARLES BULFINCH g 

g BEGUN IN 1795 = 

M AND FINISHED IN 1798 g 

g IN 1896 g 

^ AFTER THE COMPLETION OF LARGE ADDITIONS ^ 

g A THOROUGH RECONSTRUCTION OP THE INTERIOR g 

M OP THE ORIGINAL BUILDING g 

g WAS UNDERTAKEN g 

g TO PRESERVE FROM DECAY g 

g AND FROM DESTRUCTION BY FIRE g 

g A NOBLE PUBLIC WORK g 

g THE INTERIORS OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ^ 

g THE SENATE CHAMBER g 

g AND THE H.\X,L OP REPRESENTATIVES g 

g WERE KEPT UNCHANGED g 

g THE RECONSTRUCTION WAS FINISHED g 

g IN 1898 g 



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A tablet to George Luther Stearns, ^ a merchant 
of Boston, commemorates the part he took in 
securing the enlistment of colored troops 
and the other valuable services he ren- 
dered to the United States and to this 



Stearns 
Tablet 



= Commonwealth in the war of the rebellion. 



TABLET 

IN MEMORIAM 

GEORGE LUTHER STEARNS 

A MERCHANT OF BOSTON 

WHO ILLUSTRATED IN HIS LITE AND CHARACTER 

THE NOBILITY AND GENEROSITY OP CITIZENSHIP 

GIVING HIS LIFE AND FORTUNE 

FOR THE OVERTHROW OP SLAVERY 

AND THE PRESERVATION OP FREE INSTITUTIONS. 

TO HIS UNRESTING DEVOTION AND UNFAILING HOPE 

MASSACHUSETTS OWES 

THE FIFTY FOURTH AND FIFTY FIFTH REGIMENTS 

OP COLORED INFANTRY 

AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 

TEN THOUSAND TROOPS 

AT A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE GREAT WAR. 

IN THE DARKEST HOURS OF THE REPUBLIC 
HIS FAITH IN THE PEOPLE NEVER WAVERED. 

OF HIM WHITTIER WROTE 
"no duty COULD OVERTASK HIM 
NO NEED HIS WILL OUTRUN 
OR EVER OUR LIPS COULD ASK HIM 
HIS HANDS THE WORK HAD DONE." 

"a man WHO ASKED NOT TO BE GREAT 
BUT AS HE SERVED AND SAVED THE STATE." 

BORN IN MEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 8, 1809 
DIED APRIL 9, 1867. 



I = ' Placed in position in 1903. Chapter 72. Resolves of iSq/. = 

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1 Washington Tablets | 

3 Two memorial tablets of the Washington family g 

p were presented to the Commonwealth on Feb. 22, 1861, ' g 

M by Hon. Charles Sumner. ^ They are of bluish gray ^ 

M sandstone, and are exact fac-similes of the originals M 

H which mark the resting places of Lawrence and Robert m 

g Washington, ^ the last English ancestors 

M of George Washington, our first Presi- 

g dent. The original stones are' in the 

I parish church of Brington, near Althorp, 



Washing- 
ton 
Tablets 



= in Northamptonshire, England. Right Honorable Earl g 

g Spencer, the proprietor of Althorp, sought out the g 

M quarry from which, more than two centures ago, those M 

M tablets were taken, and caused the fac-similes to be M 

M made, which he presented to Mr. Sumner. The g 

g largest tablet ' is in memory of Lawrence Washington. g 

g Above the inscription, carved in the stone, are the arms g 

M of the Washingtons, with the arms of the Butlers H 

g impaled. The other stone * is of Robert Washington M 

M and his wife Elizabeth. The inscription is on a B 

g small brass plate, set in the stone. On a separate g 

g brass beneath the inscription are the arms of the g 

M Washingtons without any addition but a crescent, the M 

J mark of cadency that denotes the second son. These M 

g have the combination of stars and stripes, sometimes S 

M supposed to have suggested our national flag. g 

M 1 House Document No. iqq, March, 1861; Chapter 77, Resolves M 

g of 1861. g 

= 2 Lawrence was father and Robert uncle of John Washington, ^ 

m the English emigrant to Virginia, who was great-grandfather of g 

^ George Washington. ^ 

g ' Length 5 ft. o in; breadth 2 ft. 6 in. ^ 

^ « Length 3 ft. 6 in; breadth 2 ft. 6 in. g 

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I The tablets were placed upon the marble floor in g 

5 Doric Hall, within the railing in front of the Washing- M 

ton statue, ^ and remained there until the g 

reconstruction of the Bulfinch front. The g 

statue formerly stood in an alcove, or M 

"statue-building," a short distance north = 



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ton 

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of its present position. 



(Inscriptions) 



HERE LIETH THE BODI OF LAVRENCB 

WASHINGTON SONNE & HEIRE OF 
ROBERT WASHINGTON OF SOVLGRAE 

IN THE COUNTIE OF NOKTHAMTON 
E8QUIER WHO MARRIED MARGARET 
THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM 

BUTLER OP TEES IN THE COUNTIE 

OF SUSSEXE ESQUIER, WHO HAD ISSU 

BY HER 8 SONNS AND 9 DAUGHTERS 

WHICH LAVRENCE DECESSED THE 13 

OF DECEMBER A. DNI 1616. 

THOU THAT BY CHANCE OR CHOYCE 

OP THIS H.VST SIGHT 

KNOW LIFE TO DEATH BESIGNES 

AS DA YE TO NIGHT; 

BUT AS THE SUNNS RETORNB 

REVIVES THE DAY 

SO CHRIST SHALL US 

THOUGH TURNDE TO DUST <fc CLAY. 



I M HERE LIES INTERRED YE BODIES OP ELIZAB. WASHINGTON g 

I M WIDDOWE WHO CHANGED THIS LIFE FOR IMORTALLITIK ^ 

I M YE IQTH op MARCH 1622. A3 ALSO YE BODY OP ROBERT M 

I M WASHINGTON GENT. HER LATE HUSBAND SECOND M 

I g SONNE OF ROBERT WASHINGTON OF SOLGRAVE IN YE ^ 

I M COUNTY OF NORTH. ESQB. WHO DEPTED THIS LIFE YE g 

I g lOTH OP MARCH 1622. AFTER THEY LIVED LOVINGLY TOGETHER g 

I M MANY YEAKE8 IN THIS rABKlSII. M 

I M 1 House Document No. I qq, March. 1 86 1 ; Chapter 77, Resolves g 

I g of i86i. g 

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1 John Hancock 1 

H A bronze memorial to John Hancock, ^ the first = 

5 governor of Massachusetts under the constitution, g 

g was presented to the State by the Massa- 

H chusetts Society, Sons of the Revolution, 

H on Oct. iq, iqi5, the anniversary of the 



Hancock 



M surrender at Yorktown. ^ It consists of a bust, — re- M 

M produced by the consent of Congress ^ from the statue B 

g of Hancock in the Senate wing of the Capitol at g 

g Washington, — together with a tablet. The location g 

B chosen is the west wall of Doric Hall, opposite the g 

g Lincoln memorial. g 

I TABLET I 

I JOHN HANCOCK | 

g 1737-1793 g 

M A PATRIOT OF THE REVOLUTION M 

M PRESIDENT OF THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS 1774 M 

g PRESIDENT OF THE CONT^INENTAL CONGRESS 1775-77 g 

g FIRST SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE g 

M FIRST GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH ^ 

g UNDER THE CONSTITUTION 1780-1785 g 

g AND AGAIN GOVERNOR 1787-1793 g 

M PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENTION g 

g WHICH ADOPTED THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION g 

M PRESENTED TO THE COMMONWEALTH § 

g BY THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF g 

g THE REVOLUTION g 

g 1915 g 

g At the dedication. Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham g 

g offered prayer and the memorial was unveiled by g 

g I See Appendix. g 

^ 2 Accepted by Chapter 7. Resolves of 1913. = 

^ 3 House Concurrent Resolution No. 58, Aug. ao, iqiz. 62d s 

M Congress. 2d Session. g 

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g mis, mm. wmMM MMJ^m WmM M !EJJSJIUMM}SJlLMM2 S JJ&M^^ Jn « m M 

M Miss Elizabeth Lowell Hancock Cole, a lineal M 

g descendant of Ebenezer Hancock, brother of Gov- B 

g ernor Hancock. It was presented by Edmund H. g 

Talbot, President of the Society, and ac- H 

cepted by His Excellency David I . Walsh, g 

Governor, in behalf of the Common- H 



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wealth, as a memorial to "one who did so much for 
liberty," and "who cast aside personal considerations 
for the purpose of giving expression to the wishes of 
the people by the establishment of a free government." 

Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address 

The bronze memorial on the east wall of Doric 
Hall presents a bust of Abraham Lincoln, ^ Presi- 
dent of the United States, and a tablet containing 
the oration which he delivered at the dedication of 
the National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 
November iq, 1863. The bust is a replica 
of one modelled from life in i860 by 
Leonard W. Volk. The memorial is a gift 



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B of the Department of Massachusetts, Woman's Relief 

B Corps. 2 It was unveiled March 28, iqii, by 

B Mrs. Fannie E. Wheeler, chairman of the patriotic 

H aides, who raised the money, presented by Mrs. 

M Nellie F. Libby, Department President, and accepted 

H by His Excellency Eugene N. Foss, Governor. 

= 1 See Appendix. 

^ * Chapter 8q. Resolves of iqi i. 

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TABLET I 

FOUKSCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO M 

OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT A g 

NEW NATION M 

CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY g 

AND DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE ^ 

CREATED EQUAL. g 

NOW WE ARE ENGAGED IN A GREAT CIVIL WAR ^ 

TESTING WHETHER THAT NATION OR ANY ^ 

NATION SO CONCEIVED AND SO DEDICATED CAN LONG ENDURE. g 

WE ARE MET ON A GREAT BATTLE FIELD OF THAT WAR. M 

WE HAVE COME TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF THAT FIELD M 

AS A FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HERE GAVE = 

THEIR LIVES THAT THAT NATION MIGHT LIVE. g 

IT IS ALTOGETHER FITTING AND PROPER THAT WE SHOULD M 

DO THIS. BUT IN A LARGER SENSE g 

WE CANNOT DEDICATE — WE CANNOT CONSECRATE — WE = 

CANNOT HALLOW THIS GROUND. g 

THE BRAVE MEN LIVING AND DEAD WHO STRUGGLED HERE g 

HAVE CONSECRATED IT FAR ABOVE OUR POOR POWER M 

TO ADD OR DETRACT. ^ 

THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE NOR LONG REMEMBER WHAT g 

WE SAY HERE g 

BUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID HERE. g 

IT IS FOR US THE LIVING RATHER TO BE DEDICATED HERE g 

TO THE UNFINISHED WORK WHICH THEY WHO FOUGHT g 

HERE HAVE THUS FAR SO NOBLY ADVANCED. g 

IT IS RATHER FOR US TO BE HERE DEDICATED TO THE g 

GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US g 

THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED g 

DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE = 

THE LAST FULL MEASURE OP DEVOTION g 

THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL g 

NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN g 

THAT THIS NATION UNDER GOD SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH g 

OF FREEDOM AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE g 

BT THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT g 

PERISH FROM THE EARTH. g 



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From portrait painted in 1847, from life, by 

W. A. Wall, in possession of Marcus Morton of 

Newtonville. Purchased under chapter 89, 

Resolves 1899. 
Painted in 1849, from life. Purchased under 

chapter 89, Resolves 1899. 
Copy of painting by Mr. Vinton, in Groton 

Public Library, and from life. Purchased 

under chapter 89, Resolves f899. 
Painted in 1890, from hfe. Presented by Mr. 

Gardner in 1893. 
From photographs. Purchased under chapter 

89, Resolves 1899. 
From photograph. Presented by John F. 

Andrew of Boston, in 1895. 
Painted in 1893, from portrait by Frederick P. 

Vinton. Presented by A. G. Bullock and 

Mrs. Elvira Hazard Bullock of Worcester, 

in 1895. 


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Walter M. Brackett, 
Frederick P. Vinton, 

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George N. Briggs, 
George S. Boutwell, . 

Henry J. Gardner, . 
Nathaniel P. Banks, 
John A. Andrew, 
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I Spanish American War Flags 1 

= The ceiling of the passageway in the rear of Doric H 

( Hall contains a skylight with "Liberty" in the centre, H 

M surrounded by the names of the republics of Hellas, H 

g Helvetia, Florence, Venice, Genoa, Iceland, Holland, m 

M Andorra, San Marino and Rome, At one side is the M 

B seal of " Mattachusets Bay in Nova Anglia;" at J 

I the other that of "Plimouth Nov Anglia." | 

H A large bronze case contained the flags of the M 

I volunteer regiments and Naval Brigade of Massa- | 

M chusetts in the Spanish American war, returned to M 

the custody of the Commonwealth J 

through His Excellency Roger Wolcott, | 

Governor, Saturday, Oct. 14, i8qg. g 

They were placed in position July 31, g 



Spanish 
American 
War Flags 



i iQoi, remaining there until transferred to Memorial | 

[ Hall, Jan. 25, 1921,^ and cannot be removed from the | 

I State House without permission of the General Court. ^ | 

I The flags 3 are twenty-one in number, as follows: First | 

I Regiment Heavy Artillery, one United States and one i 

I State flag; Second, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Regiments | 

f Infantry, one United States and one State flag each; 1 

I Eighth Regiment Infantry, three United States and | 

I two State flags, and one United States Regimental i 

f color; Naval Brigade, one flag each from the U. S. S. i 

I "Prairie," "Catskill," "Lehigh," "Inca" and "Gov- | 

j emor Russell." 1 

I 1 Chapter 513. Acts of I q20. g 

I 2 Chapter 22. Resolves of i8qq. ^ 

i 8 State flags, white; U. S. Regimental, blue. All flags are = 

I silk except the Naval, which are bunting. ^ 

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1 Senate Staircase Hall 1 

M Directly to the north is the Senate Staircase Hall of g 

M Pavonazzo marble. As one looks through the alcoves M 

m toward Memorial Hall the effect is very beautiful. The B 

B stairs at the right lead to the Senate 

g and those opposite to the executive de- 

m partment. The balcony, formed by the 

5 third floor corridors, is surmounted by 



Senate 

Staircase 

Hall 



twelve Ionic columns, which are said to be among the M | 

finest in the world. The windows in the south wall g f 

are emblematic of manufactures, commerce, educa- M I 

tion, fisheries and agriculture. ^ Carved in the marble M | 

at the head of the stairs is the seal of the Colony m I 

of Massachusetts, 1628-84, also the present official M | 

coat-of-arms. B | 

The paintings upon the north wall, entitled B | 
"James Otis making his famous argu- 
ment against the Writs of Assistance ^ in 
the old Town House in Boston, in 
February, 1761," "The Boston Tea 



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g Party" and "Paul Revere's Ride," are by Robert Reid. 

I Writs of Assistance 

g Otis is represented at the moment when he was say- 

g ing: " I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers 

g and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of 

g slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as 

g 1 Chapter 52, Resolves of iqoo. 

^ 2 The Writs of Assistance were general search-warrants, which 

^ allowed the king's officers to enter warehouses or dwellings to 

M search for and seize foreign merchandise, on which a duty had 

^ not been paid. These writs were first petitioned for in Massa- 

M. chusetts. Their legality was questioned and the matter was 

M brought before a court held in the old Town House, as described. 



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g this Writ of Assistance is." The Toom is flooded with | 

S the flickering light from the great open fire, while | 

B through the windows, against which the snow has | 

B drifted, comes the cold blue light of the late afternoon | 

g of that winter's day. | 

B John Adams, in a letter to William Tudor, written | 

g fifty-six years after the event, gives his recollection of | 

the scene in part as follows : * ' The scene | 

is the Council Chamber in the old Town | 

House in Boston. The date is in the | 

month of February, 1761. That council | 



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M chamber was as respectable an apartment as the House g 

1 of Commons or the House of Lords in Great Britain, in J 

1 proportion, or that in the State House in Philadelphia, g 

1 in which the Declaration of Independence was signed, g 

I in 1776. In this chamber, round a great fire, were = 

I seated five judges, with Lieutenant Governor Hutchin- M 

B son at their head, as Chief Justice, all arrayed in their M 

B new, fresh, rich robes of scarlet English broadcloth; in g 

g their large cambric bands and immense judicial wigs. g 

B In a corner of the room must be placed as a spectator g 

B and an auditor, wit, sense, imagination, genius, pathos, g 

M reason, prudence, eloquence, learning and immense g 

B reading, hanging by the shoulders on two crutches, g 

M covered with a great cloth coat, in the person of Mr. g 

g Pratt, who had been solicited on both sides, but would B 

B engage on neither, being, as Chief Justice of New York, g 

B about to leave Boston forever." M 

g In the same letter, Mr. Adams, characterizing the g 

B arguments of counsel, says: "But Otis was a flame of g 

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M fire! With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth 1 

g of research, a rapid summary of historical events and i 

B dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic | 

B^ glance of his eye into futurity, and a torrent of im- | 

g petuous eloquence, he hurried away everything before | 

I him. American independence was then and there born; | 

= the seeds of patriots and heroes were then and there | 

M sown, to defend the vigorous youth, the 

m non sine Diis animosus infans. Every 

M man of a crowded audience appeared to 

g me to go away, as I did, ready to take 



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1 arms against writs of assistance. Then aaid there was | 

i the first scene of the first act of opposition to the ar- = 

1 bitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the | 

1 child Independence was born. In fifteen years, namely, M 

i in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared himself M 

1 free." B 

I The Boston Tea Party 1 

i A colonial tax of three pence on a pound of tea had M 

1 been levied by Parliament, which the colonists refused g 

i to pay. Several vessels were anchored in Boston har- | 

1 bor waiting for their cargoes to be unloaded. Meeting J 

1 after meeting had been held by the colonists to discuss B 

= the condition of affairs, until finally, in the early even- § 

1 ing of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams, addressing g 

= an assembly in the Old South Church, said, — "We M 

1 can do no more to save the country," and almost in- | 

1 stantly a shout was heard, a war-whoop sounded and B 

i forty or fifty men, disguised as Indians, hurried to g 

I Griffin's wharf, boarded the ships and emptied the tea M 

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g into Boston harbor. Mr. Reid's painting represents S 

g these " Indians" on a ship in the stream, throwing the M 

g tea overboard. In the background are warehouses on g 

g the Boston shore. H 

g Paul Revere's Ride 1 

g In 1774 General Gage relieved Thomas Hutchinson g 

g as governor of the Province and troops were sent here M 

g to enforce certain laws which had been enacted by Par- M 

liament, but the people moved steadily g 

on their course and made preparation for H 

the struggle which they knew must come. | 

A large quantity of stores had been de- B 



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m posited at Concord, and in April, 1775, it was rumored g 

g that General Gage was determined to destroy them. g 

g On the 1 8th the British troops embarked from Boston. M 

g The following quotation is from Longfellow's poem: — H 

g * # * •■ If the British march g 

g By land or sea from the town to-night. g 

g Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch g 

M Of the North Church tower as a signal light. — = 

M One. if by land, and two, if by sea; g 

g And I on the opposite shore will be. g 

J Ready to ride and spread the alarm g 

= Through every Middlesex village and farm. g 

I For the country-folk to be up and to arm." g 

1 Paul Revere rowed to the Charlestown shore, and g 

M « # « •• watched with eager search g 

M The belfry tower of the Old North Church * g 

J ********** g 

M And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height g 

J A glimmer, and then a gleam of light! g 

I He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns. g 

I But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight g 

I A second lamp in the belfry burns!" g 

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Then he started on his famous midnight ride to Lex- m 

ington and Concord. The artist represents him dashing g 

through a village street, rousing "the country-folk to g 

be up and to arm." g 

While Mr. Reid's first painting is notable for its M 

fire-light effect, the group on the deck of the ship, in g 

"The Boston Tea Party," is illuminated by the light g 

from a lantern in the hold, and again in "Paul Revere's g 

Ride" one can see the face of Revere, as well as the g 
figures of the yeoman and his wife, light- 
ed by the rays from an invisible fireplace. 

This series of paintings is completed 
by two small panels, the one at the left 



Historical 
Paintings 
Reid 



g showing a medallion of John Hancock, while on the M \ 

g other is a portrait of Samuel Adams. Forming the M | 

B background are four flags which were used by the g | 

g Massachusetts colonists before the stars and stripes g I 

g were adopted. In the left panel is the "Bunker Hill" g | 

g flag (blue, union white, with the cross of St. George | | 

g and pine tree), and a "Rattle-snake" flag (rattle- g | 

g snake in comer, motto "Don't tread on me," — drawn g | 

g from a flag now in existence in Philadelphia and used g | 

g at the Battle of Bunker Hill); in the right panel a J | 

g white flag with pine tree in the corner and motto "An g f 

M appeal to God," also a red flag, blue union, with M f 

g crosses of St. Andrew and St. George. The latter g | 

g represents the flag familiarly known to the colonists as g | 

g NOTE. The painting of James Otis arguing against the Writs of g | 

g » Assistance was opened for public inspection January i, 1902; The g | 

g Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's Ride on December 5, 1904. g | 

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I g the "Union" flag (Union Ensign established in 1707). | | 

I M A three-cornered hat, battle axe, palm leaves, etc., are | | 

I g also visible. g I 

I J Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely Stevenson I | 

I M The bronze memorial to Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely B I 

I m Stevenson 1 by Bela L. Pratt, in the Senate Stair- g f 

I M case Hall, was the gift of the Stevenson Memorial = f 

I g Association and other friends. It presents a figure of g | 

I g the General in high relief, the orderly and horse in very g | 

low relief, and might be entitled g I 

"The Commander on the picket line." g | 

General Stevenson has dismounted, ad- B i 



= Stevenson 



g vanced on foot and stands holding his field glasses, B I 

H It was unveiled Dec. 7, 1905, by Thomas G. Steven- g I 

B son, the General's nephew, presented by Gen. Francis g I 

g A. Osbom and accepted by Hon. William M. Olin, g | 

M Secretary of the Commonwealth, 2 after which General M | 

g Osborn delivered an address. Rev. Edward A. Horton g i 

B was chaplain of the day. g | 

g (Inscription) g | 

^ BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS GREELY STEVENSON M I 

M BORN AT BOSTON FEBRUARY THIRD 1836 M I 

M FIRST COLONEL OP THE 24tH REGIMENT M = 

§ MAS.SACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 1861 = | 

B KILLED IN ACTION COMMANDING THE IST DIVISION g I 

M 9th army corps ^ | 

M AT SPOTTSYLVANIA VIRGINIA MAY TENTH 1864 ^ I 

g The survivors of the New England Guards, the g | 

g Fourth Battalion of Infantry, the 24th and 44th Regi- g f 

g ments of Massachusetts Volunteers, formed the Steven- g f 

M son Memorial Association. g | 

g I See Appendix. * Chapter 20, Resolves of 1905. g | 

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1 I Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow ( 

I m The bronze bas-relief of Rear Admiral John Ancrum = 

I g Winslow ^ was modelled by William Couper. It was g 

I g unveiled May 8, iqoq, by Miss Catherine Ricketson, g 

I g presented by Councillor Seward W. Jones and accepted g 

I g by His Excellency Eben S. Draper, Governor. ^ Prayer g 

I M was offered by Rev. Arthur W. Stone, 

I g U. S. N. The oration was given by 

I g Hon. John W. Weeks, M. C, in the 



Winslow 



g House of Representatives, and among the guests was m 

g the Admiral's son, Captain Herbert Winslow, U, S. N. M 

M The crowning success of Admiral Winslow's career g 

g was his command of the U, S. S, "Kearsarge" and his g 

g victory over the Confederate cruiser "Alabama" off g 

g Cherbourg, France, June iq, 1864. He received a vote g 

g of thanks from Congress, being one of nineteen officers, M 

g in our naval service, during the history of the govern- g 

g ment, who have had that distinction. In accepting the g 

g memorial, Governor Draper used this delightful phrase, g 

g — "It will serve always as an inspiration to the youth g 

g of Massachusetts and the country. When they see this g 

g splendid figure, they will be inspired with a desire to g 

g be what he was, — a Christian gentleman, a brave offi- g 

g cer and a devoted patriot . ' ' Congressman Weeks closed g 

g his oration by saying, — "While Massachusetts is tak- g 

M ing this action to commemorate in bronze Winslow's g 

g great victory, it does so because he was a resident of g 

g this State and brought signal honor to it. He, how- ( 

= I See Appendix. 2 Chapter 63. Resolves of iqoS. = 

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ever, performed this service as a sailor of the United 
States and the action which we are taking to-day is of 
National as well as State importance. It will furnish 
an example for all time to Massachusetts' sons, who 
are employed in a nautical profession, to go forth and 
do likewise* if the opportunity offers. His name will 
last as long as the government continues, for it is not 
likely that there will ever be a single ship 
contest which will bring greater renown 
to the victorious commander than has 



Winslow 



deservedly come to him. . . . Admiral Winslow had 
one great opportunity. Forty-five years later, Massa- 
chusetts, in erecting this memorial, records its de- 
liberate judgment that he was equal to the occasion. 
It made him the Commonwealth's most renowned 
sailor and rendered his name famous for all time." 

(Inscription) 

REAR ADMIRAL JOHN ANCRUM WINSLOW 

BORN NOV. 19, 1811 — DIED SEPT. 29, 1873 

EVER VICTORIOUS FOR THE NATION, HE ADDED IN BATTLE 

FOR THE UNION AS COMMANDER OF THE KEARSARGE 

PECULIAR LUSTRE TO THE ANCIENT SERVICE OF 

MASSACHUSETTS ON THE SEA 



S Memorial to the Army Nurses of the m 

m Civil War | 

H The bronze memorial to the Army Nurses of the | 

g Civil War, Bela L. Pratt, sculptor, was given by the M 

H Army Nurses Memorial Association of the Massachu- H 

J setts Department, Daughters of Veterans, on Feb. 12, g 



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M IQI4- The beautiful statuary group represents a nurse 

g ministering to a wounded soldier. It is an eloquent 

g tribute to the self-sacrifice, nobility and patriotism of 

m the women whose work throughout the war was ' ' typi- 

S fied in love and expressed in sacrifice." 

g The surviving Massachusetts army nurses were 

B guests of honor, and delegations were present from 

g the Grand Army of the Republic, 

g Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies of the 

g G. A. R., Sons of Veterans and 

g Daughters of Veterans, together with 



Army 

Nurses' 

Memorial 



g members of the Legislature and other public officials. g 

g The exercises were carried out under the direction g 

g of Thomas F. Pedrick, Sergeant-at-Arms. After an g 

g overture by the orchestra, and the invocation by g 

g Ellen M. Goodman, Department Chaplain, the me- g 

g morial was transferred to the Massachusetts Depart- g 

g ment, Daughters of Veterans, by Etta Tayne Hazen, g 

g President of the Army Nurses' Memorial Association. g 

g It was presented to the Commonwealth by Agnes I. g 

M McCoy, Department President, and was unveiled by g 

g Dorothy Standish Lewis, granddaughter of an army g 

M nurse, Mrs. Ellen S. Tolman. A bugle proclamation g 

g by J. Pay son Bradley, Past Department Commander, g 

g preceded the introduction of His Excellency David I. = 

g Walsh, Governor, who accepted the gift "in the g 

g name of all the people of Massachusetts." ^ g 

g Addresses on behalf of the Grand Army of the Re- S 

= public were made by Thomas J. Ames, Department g 

g 1 Chapter a i . Resolves of i q ii . g 

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I I Commander, and John E. Gilman, Past Commander 
in Chief. Rev. Edward A. Horton, 
Chaplain of the Senate, offered the 
dedication prayer, and Hon, Curtis 
Guild, Jr., ex-Governor, delivered the 



Army 

Nurses* 

Memorial 



oration. The program closed with the singing of 
"America" by the entire audience. 

(Inscription) 

TO THE ARMY NURSES 

FROM 1861 TO 1865 

ANGELS OP MERCY AND LIFE 

AMID SCENES OF CONFLICT AND DEATH 

A TRIBUTE OF HONOR AND GRATITUDE 

FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT 

DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS 

1914 



War Records — Schouler 

The Adjutant General is custodian of the militia 
records of Massachusetts during the last three years 
of the Revolution; the records of the militia who re- 
sponded to the call of the Governor to repel a threatened 
invasion during the War of 1812; the partial records 
of the I St Regiment, that served in the 
Mexican war; records of Massachusetts in 
the Civil, Spanish American and World 
wars; orders of the Governor and Coun- 
cil on military matters, 1780 to 1840; 



m War 

m Records 

M Schouler 



H general orders from 1795 to the present; special orders g 

B from 1846 to date; commissions in the militia from g 

m 1780 to date; the roll of enlisted men since 1807 (in- g 

g eluding Maine up to 1820); and a portrait of William m 

B Schouler, ^ Adjutant General, 1860-66, by Thomas C. g 

M Comer, presented by James Schouler Aug. 5, i8qq. g 

g 1 See Appendix. g 

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Memorial Hall 

Nearly in the centre of the building is Memorial 
Hall. Sixteen pillars of Siena marble support the cir- 
cular gallery. The dome is surrounded by 
a heavy bronze cornice environed by the 
eagles of the Republic, and above them, 



Memorial 
Hall 



in cathedral glass, is the coat-of-arms of the Common- 
wealth, encircled, within laurel wreaths, by those of 
the other twelve original states. To distinguish them, 
begin with the one directly north of the Massachusetts 
coat-of-arms, and read to the right: — Rhode Island, 
New Jersey, Connecticut, South Carolina, Virginia, 
Delaware, North Carolina, New York, New Hamp- 
shire, Maryland, Georgia, Pennsylvania. 

Within four niches are the battle flags carried by 
Massachusetts volunteers during the war of the rebel- 
lion. By General Order No. 94 of the War Depart- 
ment, issued May 15, 1865, the volun- 
teer regiments and batteries, when 
mustered out and discharged, deposited 



Civil War 
Flags 



1 their colors with Brevet Col. Francis N. Clarke, | 

B U. S. A., chief mustering officer. Forefathers' Day, | 

H Dec. 22, 1865, the two hundred and forty-fifth anniver- | 

1 sary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, was | 

i selected for the return of the colors to the State, and | 

1 Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch was chosen commanding | 

1 general. His headquarters were established on Boston | 

i Common, and before the procession started, these colors | 

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i M were turned over to him by Colonel Clarke. The flags M | 

I M of those regiments and companies, which had filled M I 

their allotted term of service prior to m I 

May 1 5, were taken from the State House g I 

and delivered to the several commands = I 



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Flags 



^ for use during the exercises. g 

g As the regiments and batteries arrived at the State g 

I House, the color bearers left the ranks and arranged g 

g themselves upon the steps, while the remainder filed g 

M to the grounds at either side. Governor Andrew, at- M 

g tended by his staff and invited guests, came down the g 

g steps to the place designated for the closing ceremonies. M 

= Prayer was offered by Rev. Samuel K. Lothrop, D.D., g 

g then General Couch delivered the colors to the gov- g 

g ernor, who accepted them in behalf of the people and B 

M the government, after which they were placed in Doric g 

I Hall. I 

g Extract from Gov. Andrew's speech on receiving the M 

= battle flags : — g 

g These banners are returned to the government of the Com- g 

g monwealth through welcome hands. Borne one by one out of g 

g this Capitol during more than four years of civil war. as the g 

g symbols of the Nation and the Commonwealth under which the = 

g battalions of Massachusetts departed to the fields, they come g 

g back again, borne hither by surviving representatives of the same g 

g heroic regiments and companies to which they were intrusted. ... g 

g . Proud memories of many fields; sweet memories alike of valor g 

^ and friendship; sad memories of fraternal strife; tender memories M 

g of our fallen brothers and sons, whose dying eyes looked last g 

= upon their flaming folds; grand memories of heroic virtues sublime g 

M by grief; exultant memories of the great and final victories of g 

g our country, our Union and the righteous cause; thankful memo- g 

g ries of a deliverance wrought out for human nature itself, g 

g unexampled by any former achievement of arms; immortal g 

g memories with immortal honors blended, — twine around these g 

g splintered staves, weave themselves along the warp and woof of g 

g these familiar flags, war-worn, begrimed, and baptized with blood. g 

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H On Dec. 22, 1894, six flags were returned to the 

g State, with public ceremonies. Five of these were 

M recaptured flags forwarded by the War 

S Department, at the governor's request, 

g in accordance with Public Resolution 

g No. 44, approved Aug. 27, 1894. g 

g A few other flags have been received from various M 

g sources, until now there are 304 in Memorial Hall, g 

M divided as follows : — | 

M Infantry flags and shattered staves (4), . . .217 M 

M Heavy Artillery. ....... ly ^ 

g Cavalry. ......... iq = 

g Light Artillery 44 g 

g Fourth Brigade Cavalry- i g 

g McLaughlin's Brigade i g 

M Unknown, ......... 4 g 

M Flag presented to Massachusetts by State of Mary- g 

^ land, ......... I = 

g 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps i g 

g Fragment of Fort Sumter flag, .... i_ g 

g 304 M 

g The colors were at first draped around the pillars g 

g in Doric Hall, but on April 12, 1866, were ordered g 

g placed in the niches on the north side of the hall g 

g and in the sides of the recess occupied by the Wash- g 

g ington statue. In 1895 they were stored in a fire- g 

M proof room, where they remained until placed in g 

g Memorial Hall, April 2, iqoo. g 

g Mr. Charles O. Eaton, of Boston, made all the g 

S colors that were issued by the State to Massachu- g 

M setts troops in the war of the rebellion, as well as g 

g the Spanish American war, and had the care of them M 

S until his death, Oct. 16, IQ03. , g 



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g The following list gives the number of colors in H 

g Memorial Hall, Mar. i, igii, prepared chiefly from J 

g a record compiled by the late Captain John G. B. H 

M Adams, Sergeant-at-Arms. Flags known to have g 

been returned since Dec. 22, 1865, are M 

mentioned in footnotes. All are silk g 

unless otherwise specified. The flags g 



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Flags 



are permanently arranged, and under a resolve of 
April 12, 1866, cannot be removed from the State 
House, without p>ermission of the Legislature. ^ 

If a story of the battle flags of the civil war could 

be written, it would be of great historic value, because 

so many memories are entwined around them, but 

no attempt has been made to do so in this guide book, 

as space would not permit, and yet, if publishing 

this list will aid in promoting the return of any other 

flags of Massachusetts regiments which may be in 

the possession of individuals or associations, it will 

be sincerely gratifying. 

1 Journal of the House of Representatives. Jan. 18. 1866; Chapter 
38. Resolves of 1866. 



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Civil War 


Flags 


Infantry. 


United 

States. 


State. 


Miscellaneous. 


1st Regiment, 

2nd 

3rd 

4th 

5th 

6th 

7th 

8th 

9th 

10th 

nth 


3 

1 1 

42 

44 
3 

28 

1 


2 white. 

(1 " 
\ 1 blue.i 
1 white. 

1 " 

1 " 

1 " 

1 " 3 

1 " 

2 6 

f lblue.8 
U white. 8 

3 white. 


) 2 shattered staves. 1 

- _ _ 

1 U. S. Regimental (blue). 

1 1 green embroidered. ^ 
( 2 green. 

1 U. S. Regimental (blue). 



1 The U. S. flag was presented by ladies of Boston, June 26, 1861. 
The two shattered staves belong to this flag; one is the original; 
the other was presented by Fanny Mudge; the staff to which the 
flag is attached was the gift of Marie Louise Mudge and Feroline 
Pierce Fox as a memorial of the battle of Gettysburg. The blue 
State flag is known as the "Choate flag." 

2 Three U. S. flags were received from the Sixth Regiment Associ- 
ation, by vote of April 19, 1900, and placed in Memorial Hall April 
10, 1901. One U. S. flag was the gift of citizens of Baltimore, Mary- 
land. 

^ The State flag was returned to the Commonwealth Oct. 30, 
1894; placed in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms Dec. 22, 1894. 

* Three U. S. flags were received Jan. 12, 1900, from Benjamin 
F. Peach, late colonel Eighth Regiment, M. V. M.; deposited in 
Memorial Hall Feb. 5, 1900. One was presented to the regiment by 
the sons of Massachusetts residing in New York; one on June 20, 
1861, by the lady friends of the Seventh Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y.; 
one by the loyal citizens of Baltimore, Maryland. 

6 One State flag is white; the other white front, reverse green. 
One green flag was presented to the regiment by the Irish citizens 
of Boston; the other by friends of the regiment. The embroidered 
flag by the officers of the 63d, 69th and 88th N. Y. Vols., Irish Bri- 
gade. 

8 One of the U. S. flags and the blue State flag were presented by 
ladies of Springfield, July 15, 1861. The other U. S. flag and the 
white State flag were returned to Governor Eben S. Draper from 
the Northampton Public Library on April 22, 1909. The blue State 
flag is not on the original staff ; a limb from a tree serves in its stead. 



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Civil War Flags 



Infantbt. 


United 
States. 


State. 


Miscellaneous. 


12th Regiment, 


2 


2 white. 


1 State "Webster" (white). i 


13th 


1 


2 " 


1 shattered staff 


14th 


1 


1 " 


- 


15th 


22 


1 " 


- 


16th 


2 


2 " 


1 shattered staff. 


17th 


3 


3 " 


- 


18th 


2 


2 " 8 


-. - - 


19th 


5< 


3 " * 


- _ _ 


20th 


3 


2 " 5 




21st 


3 


2 " 


_ _ - 


22d 


3« 


1 " 


- 


23d 


2 


2 " 7 


- 



^ 1 The " Webster" flag was presented by ladies of Boston, July 18, ^ 

^ 1861. It was received by vote of the Twelfth Regiment Association ^ 

1 passed Jan. 20, 1898; placed in Memorial Hall, Feb. 28, 1900. m 

^ 2 One U. S. flag was returned by the U. S. Government (see page = 

s 59; placed with the other flags Dec. 22, 1894. The other was pre- ^ 

g sented by ladies of Worcester, Aug. 7, 1861. ^ 

= 3 One State flag captured by the 27th Virginia Infantry at the ^ 

^ second battle of Manassas, was returned to Gov. William L. Douglas ^ 

^ April 13, 1905, by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society of ^ 

^ Richmond, Va.; placed in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms the m 

m same day. ^ 

s * One U. S. flag was returned by the U. S. Government (see page ^ 

1 59) ; placed with the other flags Dec. 22, 1894. A State flag, captured g 

^ in Virginia in 1864 and rescued by Edward H. Bissell of Charlotte, ^ 

^ N. C, was received at the State House in March, 1867. It was miss- g 

1 ing for many years, but was found among the effects of Col. Nehe- = 

^ miah Brown, late Assistant Adjutant General. His nephew, Ralph ^ 

^ G. Brown of Marblehead, presented it to Governor Douglas April g 

^ 18, 1905 On one side is the State coat-of-arms; on the reverse a ^ 

m pine tree, liberty cap and motto "God speed the right." Both g 

^ flags were captured at Petersburg, Va., June 22, 1864. ^ 

1 6 One State flag was returned to Governor Alexander H. Bullock ^ 

I Sept. 12, 1866. g 

g 6 One U. S. flag was presented by citizens of Boston, Oct. 8, 1861. ^ 

p The following day the regiment received another American flag m 

^ from a committee of ladies in New York. g 

g ' One State flag was returned by the U. S. Government (see ^ 

E page 59); placed with the other flags Dec. 22, 1894. ^ 

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Infantry. 


United 

States. 


State. 


24th Regiment, 
25th 


21 
2 


1 blue. 2 


26th 
27th 


2 
2 


2 white. 
1 " 


28th 


3 


2 " 


29th 


3 


1 " 


30th 


3* 


1 " 


31st 


35 


2 " 


32d 


1 


1 " 


33d 


3 


2 " 


34th 


18 


1 " 


35th 


2 


- 


36th 


27 


2 white. 


37th 


38 


1 " 


38th 


2 


1 " 


39th 


2 


2 " 


40th 


2 


2 " 


41st 


1 


1 " 



Miscellaneous. 



1 green. 3 



1 U. S. Regimental (blue). 

2 U. S. Regimental (blue). 



1 U. S. Regimental (blue). 

1 U. S. Regimental (blue). 
Their original flags were lost 
at Galveston. 



1 The colors were received by Governor Alexander H. Bullock = 
Jan. 27, 1866. | 

2 The State flag was presented by several ladies of Worcester in 1 
March, 1864. | 

i 3 The green flag was presented by the city of Boston in 1862. J 

J < One U. S. flag was presented by Governor Andrew, in behalf | 

I of friends, at Boston, March 3, 1864. 1 

\ 6 One U. S. flag was given by Mrs. Morewood while the regiment M 

I was being raised at Pittsfield. ^ 

I 6 The U. S. flag was presented by ladies of Worcester in Novem- 1 

j ber, 1864. 1 

I 7 One U. S. flag was presented by ladies of Worcester, Sept. 2, M 

\ 1862. It was returned to Governor Andrew in 1864, and the ^ 

I regiment received a new flag from the United States. = 

I 8 One U. S. flag, presented to Col. Oliver Edwards by Mrs. More- ^ 

= wood, of Pittsfield, at Camp Briggs, Sept. 3, 1862. It was returned ^ 

i to Governor Channing H. Cox, Jan. 18, 1921, by Mrs. S. E. Matzke, 1 

I of Warsaw, Illinois, and Hon. John E. Edwards, of Forsyth, = 

I Montana. ^ 

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Civil War Flags 



Infantry. 



United 
States. 



State. 



Miscellaneous. 



42d Regiment, 

43d 

44th 

45th 

46th 

47th 

48th 

49th 

50th 

51st 

52d 

53d 

54th 

55th 

56th 

57th 

58th 

59th 

60th 

61st 



1 white. 

1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 



1 blue marker, i 



m 1 The marker flag was presented to Governor Eben S. Draper, ^ 

M Feb. 28, 1910, by George M. Fiske, for the 42nd Regiment Association; g 

^ received by the Sergeant-at-Arms, April 15, 1910. It was captured ^ 

M at the battle of Galveston, Jan. 1, 1863. Gen. T. B. Howard sent g 

^ it to Mr. Fiske on Oct. 6, 1901, through Dick Dowling Camp of Con- ^ 

^ federate Veterans, Galveston, for transmittal to the Association. ^ 

M ^ The U. S. flag was presented by ladies of Worcester County, ^ 

m Nov. 24, 1862. m 

^ 3 One State flag, captured at Fort Wagner, S. C, was returned to ^ 

M Governor William Gaston, March 31, 1875, by Gen. R. S. Ripley. g 

^ * A recaptured U. S. flag was returned to Governor William L. ^ 

^ Douglas by the Secretary of War, — joint resolution of Congress, ^ 

M approved Feb. 28, 1905, — and received by the Sergeant-at-Arms g 

m April 28, 1905. On a cloth tag attached are the words "Lt. Wilson, ^ 

m Co. C, 61st. Va. Rog't." m 

^ 6 One U. S. and one State flag were returned by the U. S. Gov- ^ 

m ernment (see page 59); placed with the other flags Dec. 22, 1894. ^ 

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Civil War Guidons 



Light Artillery. 


United 
States. 


State. 


1st Battery, .... 


- 


1 red and white. 


2d 


' 






- 


f 1 red and white. 
( 1 white. 1 


3d 








1 


- - 


4th 








2 


- 


5th 


' 






2 


- 


6th 








2 


2 red and white. 


7th 








2 


1 red and white. 


8th 








1 


1 red and white. 


9th 


' 


. / 




2 


2 red and white. 


10th 2 

nth 


: : 






3 
3 


( 1 red and white. 
( 1 red. 
3 red and white. 


12th 


' 






1 


1 red and white. 


13th 


' 






1 


1 red and white. 


14th 


• 






2 


1 red and white. 


15th 


' 






1 


1 red and white. 


16th 








2 


1 red and white. 



1 The white silk guidon was presented to Governor Eben S. Draper 
June 10, 1910, by Brevet Colonel Ormand F. Nims. The battery 
had it made in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1864, to bring home with 
them. On being mustered out August 11, 1865, they presented 
the guidon to their commanding officer, then Captain Nims, and 
at the age of 92 he transferred it to the care of the Commonwealth. 

2 One of their guidons was returned to Adjutant General Samuel 
Dalton by the 10th Battery Association and placed in the custody 
of the Sergeant-at-Arms April 1, 1886. 



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Civil War Flags 




Heavy Artillery. 


United 
States. 


State. 


Miscellaneous. 


1st Regiment, 

2d " . . 

3d " . . 

4th 

1st Battalion, 


2 

1 
1 
1 


2 yellow. 

1 

1 

1 

1 


2 U. S. guidons 
(bunting). 

2 U. S. guidons. 



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Cavalry, 



1st Regiment, 

2d " . . 

3d " 

4th2 

5th 

1st Battalion Frontier 
Cavalry. 



United 

States. 



1 
2 

5 guidons. 



State. 



1 blue. 

1 " 

1 " 

1 " 

1 " 



Miscellaneous. 



1 staff, with a 
small portion 
of blue flag at- 
tached. 

1 U. S. guidon. 1 



U. S. guidon. 



I 1 A recaptured U. S. guidon, returned to Gov. William L. Doug- g 

I las by the Secretary of War, — joint resolution of Congress, No. g 

I 217, approved Feb. 28, 1905, — and received by the Sergeant-at- | 

I Arms April 4, 1905. This was captured near Aldie, Virginia, by g 

I the 3d Virginia Cavalry, June 17, 1863. 1 

I 2 Fragments of E and H squadron guidons are in the Senate g 

1 reception room; returned to Curtis Guild, Jr., Governor, Jan. 1, g 

i 1909. They were the first colors placed upon the capitol, Richmond, g 

1 Va., April 3, 1865, flying until replaced by a garrison flag. g 

I 3 One each, Cos. A, B, C, D, E. | 

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Civil War Flags 

Fourth Brigade, Cavalry Division. Department of the Gulf, 
composed of the 2d Illinois Cavalry, 3d Massachusetts Cavalry, 6th 
Massachusetts Cavalry (31st Massachusetts Infantry mounted), 
ad New Hampshire Cavalry (8th New Hampshire Infantry 
mounted). Col. N. A. M. Dudley commanding, i light-blue 
flag with cross sabres embroidered, prepared by ladies of Massa- 
chusetts residing in New Orleans, La., and presented Feb. 6, 1864. 
After the Red River campaign, the brigade having been disbanded. 
Colonel Dudley placed the flag in the custody of Massachusetts, 
the home State of the donors and of a majority of the men. 

McLaughlin's Brigade, i dark-blue bunting flag. 

One U. S. flag, presented to Massachusetts by the State of 
Maryland, at Lowell, June 17, 1865. after the dedication of the 
Ladd and Whitney monument. It was made by a number of 
Maryland ladies, has thirty-five stars embroidered in the Union, 
and bears the date "April iq, 1865." 

A fragment of a flag of the 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 
was presented to the Sergeant-at-Arms in November. 1894, by 
Charles P. Schoff, son of Lieut. Edward N. Schoff. of the iqth 
Massachusetts Infantry. The fragment is of blue bunting and 
a portion of one clover leaf is attached. 

There is also in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms a small 
piece of the National flag which was torn in fragments and 
distributed among the guard at the evacuation of Fort Sumter, 
and an autograph of Abraham Lincoln, to a friend of his family. 
These were presented by Mrs. D. P. Corey, of Maiden. Mass., 
and accepted by the Governor and Council April 26, iqi6. 



Unknown Colors 

No. I. A U.S. guidon. 

No. 2. A fragment of a U. S. guidon, with letters "Co. B" 
and two embroidered stars. Nos. i and 2 are attached to one 
staff. 

No. 3. A U.S. flag, badly torn; Union nearly all gone; no 
lettering and the flag is not on original staff. 

No. 4- A state color, but there is not enough left to desig- 
nate to which regiment it belongs. 

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1 World War Flags 

g Another memorable date in the history of Massa- 

g chusetts was June 14, 191Q, when the colors of certain 
H organizations, which had served in the World War, 
M were officially presented to the Commonwealth. It 
was a most impressive ceremony. At 
the appointed time, half past ten in the 
morning, the color detachments, with 



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Flags 



I the colors, formed in line in front of the State House, | 

M on the south side of Beacon Street. United States M 

M Army and Navy officers formed on the pavement near M 

M the curb on the north side of the street. M 

I His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor, with | 

M the Adjutant General and staff, marched down the g 

M front steps to the main gate, escorted by the Sergeant- H 

M at- Arms. The band played "The Star Spangled | 

m Banner" and the colors were saluted. The Governor g 

M and staff reviewed the line, after which the column M 

M formed and marched into the State House. The band, g 

= which had been stationed on the steps, preceded the g 

H column, marched through Memorial Hall, counter- = 

H marched, and played until the colors and officers were g 

M in position. The Governor, with Mrs. Coolidge and ^ M 

M party, stood at the east side of Memorial Hall. The g 

g color detachments formed a semicircle with the color g 

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M guards in the rear and the officers in front of their H 

8 respective detachments. The band played "To the H 

g Colors", each detachment advanced, and the colors H 

m were presented to the Governor, who passed them to | 

I the Sergeant-at-Arms. When the last one was pre- M 

I sented, the detachments, preceded by the band, play- H 

B ing, marched through to Beacon Street, 

M where they were dismissed, and the 

M Governor returned to the Executive 



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Flags 



I Chamber. A detail of thirty-six men from the | 

j Sergeant-at-Arms' department, marched to his office H 

I where the flags were temporarily deposited. This H 

I detail included in its number eight veterans of the m 

I Civil War, four of the Spanish American War and M 

I twelve of the World War. In accepting the flags, B 

I Governor Coolidge said : — M 

1 "Officers and Men of the United States Army: — g 

1 In this room, through which we are accustomed to pass with M 

i uncovered heads, you present to-day these flags which you have M 

j carried with so much credit to yourselves and your country, and M 

I always to victory. These flags represent not only those who have = 

I borne and honored them, but those who may see them and be = 

i inspired by them in the years to come, not only those who gaze M 

i upon them now, but those who may gaze upon them with apprecia- M 

1 tion, as we do to-day. We are here to welcome the return of these M 

I flags as a memorial of a momentous period in our history. These M 

i flags are to remain not only as a memento of the history which M 

I is made to-day, but as an earnest of the history which is to come. M 

I To-day you hear the voice of the Commonwealth in appreciation M 

1 of the splendid service which you have rendered. M 

I It is a privilege to me to be here on this day, and to extend M 

i the recognition of the Commonwealth for your patriotic achieve- = 

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I ^ ments by which you have honored your State not only, but also g | 

I M your whole country. To-day it is a happy circumstance that you g | 

I ^ can represent America and the American spirit. It is worthy of ^1 

I M the best in our past history. I recall the lines of the poet, — = | 

I M ' Blest and thrice blest the Roman ^ | 

I ^ Who sees Rome's brightest day, ^ | 

I ^ Who sees that long victorious pomp M I 

I M Wind down the Sacred Way, M | 

I M And through the bellowing Forum. ^ | 

I M And round the Suppliant's Grove. M | 

I ^ Up to the everlasting gates j | 

I ^ Of Capitolian Jove.* ^ | 

= M It is the true American spirit which you represent to-day and which g | 

I = you have illustrated and honored in the war. g | 

I g I accept these colors in behalf of the Commonwealth of Massa- g | 

I = chusetts. I accept them from you who have come back to us from g | 

I g the war where they were borne and honored. They will remind M i 

i M all in the future of the devotion of the sons of the Commonwealth g | 

I M and they will be to all an inspiration to great achievements in g | 

I M the future." g | 

I 1 Bulletin No. 6, section III, War Department, dated g | 

I B Washington, Feb. 17, iqiq, provides that upon the g | 

I = disbanding of organizations which were originally g | 

National Guard or National Army or- M | 

ganizations, their colors or standards g | 

and guidons will be delivered into the g [ 



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Flags 



I 1 custody of the States from which the majority of g 

I I the men originally came at the time the organizations m 

I g ^ere formed, the United States, however, retaining M 

I I title to them. Bulletin No. 15, section II, dated April g 

IB 28, iqiq, referring to units that were not identified g 

I 1 with any particular State, provides that a report, based g 

I g on the organization records, of the number of men § 

I 1 furnished by each State at the time the organization g 

I I was formed, shall be used as a basis for the disposition g 

I m of the colors or standards and guidons, and when there g 

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i is no doubt as to which State should in equity be desig- M 

1 nated as their custodian, the Adjutant General shall H 

i be notified, and the colors turned over to that State as J 

I custodian, and that the United States will retain title B 

i thereto. Massachusetts has received seventy- eight M 

1 colors and guidons, as follows: — M 

= Infantry. ...... 

1 Field Artillery. ..... 

M Coast Artillery, ..... 

= Cavalry, ...... 

= Field Signal Battalion (includes i National 



Senate.) . 
Machine Gun Battalion, 
Engineers, .... 
Trains: — Sanitary (Field Hospital). 

Field Sanitary, 

Ammunition, . 
Naval Brigade, 



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All are silk unless otherwise specified. Army Regula- 
tions No. 244, of 1913, permit silver bands, — bearing 
the names and dates of the principal 
battles in which a regiment has partici- 
pated, — on the staff of a regimental 
color. A list of the flags follows, with decorations, 
silver bands and other data. Notations are made of 
the colors received since June 14, iqiq. Under chapter 
211, Special Acts of i q 1 9, these flags were placed in 
the Senate Staircase Hall, in a circular bronze case, simi- 
lar in design to the Spanish American flag case, but 
under chapter 513, Acts of 1920, both groups were 
placed in Memorial Hall, Jan. 25, 1921, the four 
niches adjacent to the Civil War niches having been 
prepared for them by the Superintendent of Buildings. 



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World War Flags 



Infantry 



3rd Regiment, Pioneer, 
Corps Troops. 

4th Regiment, Pioneer, 
Corps Troops. 

5th Regiment, Pioneer, 
Corps Troops. 

8th Regiment, M. N. G., 

74th " . . . 

101st " . . . 

104th " . . . 

301st " . . . 

302nd " . . . 
12th Plymouth Division . 



United 
States 


Regi- 
mental 


11 


1 bluei 


12 


- 


1 


Iblue 


13 


- 


- 


Iblue 


1 


1 <*4 


1 


1 "4 


1 


2 "5 


18 


1 " 


- 


- 



Miscellaneous 



1 State' 



- 1 States 



Croix-de-Guerre 



2 Divisional, blue' 



1 Presented to the Governor Nov. 11, 1919. Decorated for services 
in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive Sept. 26-Nov. 11, 1918. Silver band 
on staff of Regimental color. The U. S. staff has a silver plate with 
the words "5th Regiment Infantry, M. V. M." The State flag was 
returned without a pole, its pole having been used for the Regimental 
color. 

2 Transmitted to the Sergeant-at-Arms by the Adjutant General 
June 27, 1918. 

3 Transmitted to the Sergeant-at-Arms by the Adjutant General 
July 10, 1919. 

4 Decorated for services in the Chemin Des Dames Sector Feb. 6- 
Mar. 21, 1918; Toul (Boucq) Sector Apr. 3-June 28, 1918; Aisne- 
Marne Offensive July 18-July 25, 1918; St. Mihiel Offensive Sept. 12- 
Sept. 16, 1918; Troyon Sector Sept, 17-Oct. 8, 1918; Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive Oct. 18- Nov. 11, 1918. Seven silver bands on the Regi- 
mental staff, one for each of the above and the Champagne-Marno 
Defensive July 15-July 17, 1918. 

5 One of the Regimental colors was transmitted to the Superin- 
tendent of Buildings by the Adjutant General Aug. 24, 1920. 

6 A bunting flag presented by The National First Aid Associa- 
tion of America, March, 1918, in memory of its founder, Clara Bar- 
ton; two silver plates. 

"> One Divisional flag is silk, the other bunting. Both presented 
to the Governor Feb. 23, 1920. 



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1 World War Flags 1 



Field Artillery 


United 

States 


Regi- 
mental 


Miscellaneous 


101st Regiment, 

102nd " ... 

301st '• ... 


1 

1 
1 


1 redi 

1 "1 

2 "3 


6 Guidons, redi 

6 " "2 



World War Flags 



Coast Artillery 


United 
States 


Regi- 
mental 


Miscellaneous 


33rd Regiment, . 

55th " ... 

71st " ... 


1 
1< 

15 


1 red 

1 "4 

2 "5 


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Cavax,ry 



Ittes mtfa"! Miscellaneous 



310th Regiment, 



1 yellow 



^ I Decorated for services. See detail Note 4, page 72. Guidons, M 

= Batteries A and C bunting; B, D and F silk; E cotton. = 

M ^ Guidons, Batteries A, B, C, D, E, F, silk, transmitted to the M 

^ Sergeant-at-Arms by the Adjutant General Mar. 2, 1920. ^ 

^ 3 One of the Regimental flags was transmitted to the Superin- ^ 

M tendent of Buildings by the Adjutant General Aug. 24, 1920. M 

m * The U. S. flag was presented by Jordan Marsh Company Jan. = 

^ 26, 1918, and has two silver plates. The Regimental color by the = 

g women of Winthrop Jan. 19, 1918, one silver plate. The following ^ 

= record is inscribed on them: — Chateau-Thierry, July 18-21, 1918; = 

= St. Mihiel, Sept. 12-14, 1918; Argonne-Meuse, Sept. 26-Nov. 11, = 

m 1918. m 

^ s The U. S. flag has a silver plate. One of the Regimental colors = 

^ was transmitted to the Superintendent of Buildings by the Adju- = 

m tant General Aug. 24, 1920. m 

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Field Signal. Bat- 
talion 


United 
States 


Regi- 
mental 


Miscellaneous 


101st Battalion, 

301st 

317th 


1 
1 
53 


1 orange 1 

1 "2 
1 "3 


3 Guidons orange 'a 



World War Flags 



Machine Gun Bat- 
talion 


United 

States 


Regi- 
mental 


Miscellaneous 


35th Battalion, 
102nd 
302nd 


11 
11 

15 


- - 


- 



World War Flags 



Engineers 


United 

States ■ 


Regi- 
mental 


Miscellaneous 


14th Regiment, . 
101st 
504th " . . 


16 

3' 


Irede 
1 "1 
1 " 


- 



1 Decorated for services. See detail Note 4, page 72. a Guidons, 
Companies A, B and C. 

2 Decorated for service at Marbache Sector Sept. 25-Nov. 11, 1918; 
silver band. 

3 Decorated for services at St. Mihiel Offensive Sept. 12-Sept. 16, 
1918, and Meuse-Argonne Offensive Sept. 26-Nov. 11, 1918; two 
silver bands on the Regimental staff. The decorations are on one 
of the silk U. S. flags listed here, which the Senate of 1918 gave to 
the Battalion and which was returned to the Senate on June 12, 
1919; it stands in a niche in the Senate Chamber, Two of the U. S. 
flags are bunting. 

* Bunting. 

5 Transmitted to the Sergeant-at-Arms by the Adjutant General, 
without a pole, Apr. 26, 1920. 

6 Decorated for services in Arras Bapaume Sector Aug. 21, 1917- 
Mar. 20, 1918, and Apr. 7-May 20, 1918; Somme Defensive Mar. 21- 
Apr. 6, 1918; Aisne-Marne Offensive Aug. 2-6, 1918; Aisne-Marne 
Sector Aug. 7-Sept. 10, 1918; Meuso-Argonne Offensive, Sept. 26- 
Nov. 11, 1918; five silver bands on the Regimental staff. Both 
colors were presented to the Governor Jan. 31, 1920. 

' Two of the U. S. flags are bunting. 



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World War Flags 



Trains 


United 

States 


Red 

Cross 


Miscellaneous 


101st Sanitary (Field Hospital) 
101st Field Sanitary, 
101st Ammunition, 


11 

13 


11 
1 = 


1 Burgee, red^ 



World 


War Flags 




Naval 


United 
States 


State 


Miscellaneous 


Naval Battalion, . 


1* 


1« 


- - - 



1 Each has a silver plate engraved: — Chemin Des Dames Feb. 
10-Mar. 20, 1918; Apremont Woods Apr. lO-Apr. 13, 1918; Seiche- 
prey Apr. 20-Apr. 21, 1918; Xibray June 16, 1918; Chateau Thierry 
(2nd Marne) July 18-July 26, 1918; St. Mihiel Sept. 12-Sept. 14, 
1918; Marcheville-Riabille Sept. 25-Sept. 26, 1918; Verdun Oct. 9- 
Nov. 11, 1918. 

2 Bunting. 

3 The U. S. flag was presented by The Special Aid Society for 
American Preparedness; silver plate on staflf. The burgee is bunt- 
ing. 

* Returned to the Governor, July 1, 1919. 



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The north and south panels contain paintings by g 

Henry Oliver Walker. g 

The Pilgrims on the " Mayflower "^ | 

A group of Pilgrims is seen on the deck of the M 

"Mayflower," at the end of their long voyage. Worn g 

with suffering and fatigue, they are gazing at the g 

shore, which is at last in sight. The g 

painting aims to represent the spirit of g 

that moment. The actual forms of the g 

Pilgrims are not known. There is B 



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Paintings 
Walker 



I g thought to be in existence an authentic portrait of g 

I S only one of them, but types have been selected to g 

I B represent, if possible, their physical bearing. The g 

I M spectator may fancy that he sees in this assemblage g 

t B the shapes of Brewster, Bradford, Winslow, Carver, M 

I g Standish and Alden. g 

1 B Over their heads are two angels bearing an open g 

I I Bible, and across the painting is the inscription, g 

I m "For the Lord is our defence, and the Holy One g 

I B of Israel is our King." (Psalms 8q : i8.) g 

i 1 John Eliot preaching to the Indians^ g 

I I The scene chosen by the artist is a spot on the g 

I B Charles River near Natick. John Eliot is shown J 

f H engaged in his life work of preaching the Gospel to g 

I B the Indians. g 

I = 1 Unveiled for public inspection May 2q, iqoz. g 

I = » Exposed to view April 8. 1903. ^ 

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H The paintings in the east and west panels are g 

M by Edward Simmons. m 

I Concord Bridge, April 19, 1775^ | 

m The first armed resistance to British aggression. | 

■ When General Gage dispatched eight hundred J 

§ men, under Lieutenant Colonel Smith and Major g 

g Pitcairn, to Lexington and Concord, 

g on the evening of April i8, 1775, he 

M thought his plans were unknown to the 

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m been watching his movements and Paul Revere was m I 

H well on his way to arouse the inhabitants. m I 

I On the morning of April iq, Pitcairn reached B | 

g Lexington and found about seventy patriots there g | 

M to oppose his advance. He ordered them to disperse g | 

g but they refused, and the first blood of the Revo- M | 

m lution was shed. The British troops kept on to | | 

M Concord and three companies were detailed to guard M | 

M the North Bridge. Two companies of patriots, under M | 

g command of Major John Buttrick, volunteered to dis- = I 

B lodge the guard. As they drew near the bridge the g | 

= British fired and a general action ensued, when the g f 

g British retreated in confusion. Mr. Simmons repre- g f 

M sents the patriots rushing down the road to dislodge the M \ 

H enemy, while the red-coats can be seen in the distance. g 1 

i The Return of the Colors to the Custody g I 

I of the Commonwealth, Dec. 22, 1865' | J 

g This represents the scene described on pages ')7 g | 

% and 58. H I 

g 1 Exposed to view Dec. i8, iqo2. g I 

g 2 Unveiled for public inspection May 2q, iqo2. = | 

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Maj. Gen. William Francis Bartlett 

The bronze statue of Major General William 
Francis Bartlett, ^ — the hero of Port Hudson, — is 
by Daniel Chester French. Chapter ^$, 
Resolves of iqoi, provided that this 
statue should be erected on the State. 



Bartlett 



H House grounds, but on April iq, 1903, the gov- M 

M ernor and council voted that it should be placed = 

g in Memorial Hall, as authorized by chapter 4 of the M 

g Resolves of 1903. M 

M The statue was dedicated May 27, 1904, the anni- § 

@ versary of the assault on the Confederate works M 

g at Port Hudson, Louisiana. After the presentation g 

g address by Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., j 

M Master James Dwight Francis, grandson of General g 

B Bartlett, unveiled the statue and it was accepted by g 

B Governor John L. Bates in the presence of Mrs. g 

g Bartlett and family, a large company of civil war g 

g veterans of the 20th, 49th and 57th regiments, state g 

g officials and other invited guests. After the cere- g 

g monies in Memorial Hall, the more formal exercises g 

g were held in the House of Representatives, Gov- g 

g ernor Bates presiding, and the oration was delivered g 

g by Brigadier General Morris Schaff. = 

g (Inscription) g 

g WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT g 

M A VOLUNTEER IN THE CIVIL WAR M 

g A MAJOR GENERAL AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-POUR M 

g FOREMOST TO PLEAD FOR RECONCILIATION M 

g BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH g 

m BORN 1840. DIED 1876. g 

g .1 See Appendix. ^ 

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g The statue is of heroic size. It represents General | 

M Bartlett saluting the colors, — wearing the old time = 

I army coat, with long-skirted dress coat 

I and high boots, with the sword and belt 

M of the mounted officer, one hand grasping 



Bartlett 



the hilt of his sword, while in the other is the once 
familiar army hat. He served as captain in the 20th 
regiment, and colonel of the 4qth and 57th regi- 
ments. The statue was moved to the corridor, north 
of Doric Hall, on Jan. 25, IQ21, under chapter 513, 
Acts of igio. 

The pedestal is made of "Cippolino" marble 
from Italy. 

Ames — Russell — Greenhalge 

In arched recesses may be seen busts of gov- 
ernors : — 

Oliver Ames, 1887-89. Modelled by Robert 
Kraus in i8qo and presented by Mrs. 
Ames in iqoo. 

William E. Russell, i8qi-q-}. Mod- 



Busts 



g elled by Richard E. Brooks in 1893 and presented | 

I by friends in 1897. B 

g Frederic T. Greenhalge, 1894-96. Modelled by g 

I Samuel J. Kitson in 1895 and presented by citizens J 

= of Lowell, Feb. 28, 1896. g 

g The total expenditure for Memorial Hall was M 

g $309,118.93. The floors of this and the Senate | 

g Staircase Hall are inlaid with six varieties of marble, M 

I — white Italian, Pavonazzo, grand antique, Langue- g 

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doc, Siena and Vert Campan. The fireplaces in the g 

Senate reading room and office of Clerk, House of M 

Representatives, are made of onyx; the one in the % 

office of the President of the Senate is J 

black and gold Italian marble; those g 

in the reception, reading and writing g 



Marble 



rooms, House of Representatives, are Siena marble; 
those in the rooms of the Clerk of the Senate, Speaker 
of the House, Committee on Rules and Counsel to 
House Committees, are Rouge jasper. Several other 
rooms have fireplaces of Siena marble and there is 
one of shell marble. The white marble in the in- 
terior of the State House Extension is Italian, and the 
only American marble is that on its exterior,*which was 
quarried in Lee, Mass. The East and West wings are 
built of Vermont marble, Massachusetts marble being 
used in the interior of the lateral portions. Vermont 
marble is in the West Wing, forward projection. The 
door trim and base in the main corridors of the Wings 
are Belgian black marble, and in the offices, French gray. 

The Guild Memorial 

The memorial to His Excellency Curtis Guild, 
Governor, forms one of the panels in the west corridor, 
north of Memorial Hall. It is a tablet, 
the general character of which is not 
unlike those usually put up in Italy 



Guild 
Memorial 



I during the early Renaissance. It consists of the g 

I tablet proper of Numidian marble, into which is in- g 

I serted a white marble bas relief portrait of Governor g 

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S Guild and a memorial inscription in letters of gilded 

M bronze. Outside this is an architectural frame, with a 

g base, pilasters, and cornice of Istrian stone. In the 

M ornament of the pilasters are indicated 

g some of the Degrees and Orders con- 

g ferred on Governor Guild, and the arms 



Guild 
Memorial 



of nations to which he was accredited as Ambassador. 
On the base are carved the arms of the Common- 
wealth and of Governor Guild. 

(Inscription) 

CURTIS GUILD 

1860-1915 

CITIZEN OF BOSTON 

A SOLDIER IN THE "WAR 

WITH SPAIN. LIEUTENANT 

GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR 

OP THE COMMONWEALTH. 

SPECIAL AMBASSADOR 

TO MEXICO AND AMBASSADOR 

TO RUSSIA. TRUE SERVANT 

OF MASSACHUSETTS AND 

OF THE UNITED STATES. 

The memorial was designed by Ralph Adams Cram 
and Frank W. Ferguson, and, with the exception of 
the bas relief, was executed by John Evans & Company. 
The bas relief was modelled and carved by Richard 
Recchia. The gift was paid for by a popular sub- 
scription of many hundred citizens. 

The dedicatory exercises were held on December 
22, iqi6, in the presence of Mrs. Guild, Miss Sarah L. 
Guild and Mr. Courtney Guild and other members of 
the family, the staff of the late Governor, the memorial 



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committee and many friends. Mr. John Wheelwright, 
vice-chairman of the committee, presided, and prayer 
was offered by Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham. The 
memorial steps on the Common were presented to the 
City of Boston and accepted by His Honor James M. 
Curley, Mayor. Then Mr. Wheelwright presented the 
tablet, and the National and State flags, 
which draped the gift, were drawn aside 
by Master Edward Orlandini, nephew 



Guild 
Memorial 



I M of Mrs. Guild. His Excellency, Samuel W. McCall, M 

I B Governor, accepted the memorial in behalf of the M 

I M Commonwealth, saying, in part: — M 

I M "His career of public service in the Commonwealth, H 

I M in the Army of the United States, and as Ambassador J 

I I to foreign countries, was one of rare distinction. As g 

I M Governor, he aimed to have put upon the statute M 

I = books liberal laws framed in the interest of all the | 

I M people. He did much as the representative of this | 

I g country abroad to promote international amity, and m 

I § as an officer in the Army he introduced reforms of an J 

I g enduring character in his branch of the service." m 

I I The formal address was by Hon. Herbert Parker, g 

I I and a few words are quoted from his oration : — g 

I g "As upon the accents of his own voice, in this g 

I S sanctuary of the holy ideals of the Commonwealth, the | 

I = flags he loved, and which for him floated always in the g 

I M empyrean heights of his own exalted faith, stir, re- g 

I M sponsive to our thought, and from their radiant folds, M 

I g the light of memory and of prophecy opens to our g 

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vision new vistas of the past and of the future. In the g 

ardor of this atmosphere, this monument erected in g 

grateful tribute to one who has served and honored B 

the State of his birth, and of his love, here dedicated g 

by our pledge of loyalty such as he inspired, shall be g 

safeguarded and cherished from year to year, and be M 
preserved through the inseparable suc- 
cession of the days that are past and 
the constant renewal of the days that 



Guild 
Memorial 



are to come, and so the name and fame of one who g 

has been crowned by the esteem and admiration g 

of the people of his own time, becomes immortal, g 

perpetuate in the history of his country, and lives so g 

long as the nation itself shall survive. May the spirit g 

that animated his soul still lead his countrymen as g 

when he lived. g 

... fill up the gaps in our files, M 

Strengthen the wavering line, g 

Stablish, continue our march, g 

On, to the bound of the waste, g 

On, to the City of God." g 

The exercises closed with the benediction by His = 

Eminence Cardinal William H. O'Connell. g 

Main Staircase — Colony and State Seals | 

Passing out of Memorial Hall and ascending the M 

main staircase, the visitor will notice a stained-glass M 

window, containing reproductions of the various g 

official seals of Massachusetts. ^ g 

1 Chapter 8i, Resolves of iSqq. g 

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I m 



= Seal 



Centre, seal of the Colony of Massachusetts, au- 
thorized by its charter of March 4, 1628-29. ^ In 
April, 1629, the governor in England wrote the 
colonists here that he had sent over "the 
Companyes scale in silver, by Mr. Samuell 
Sharpe, a passenger." It is oval and bears 



g the device of an Indian, holding a bow and arrow, and M 

g standing between two pine trees. Around this device B 

I are the words "Sigillum Cub Et Societ De Matta- H 

M chusets Bay In Nova Anglia." The Indian is repre- B 

M sented as speaking the prayer of a man of Macedonia M 

M to St. Paul, — "Come over and help us." (The B 

H Acts of the Apostles 16 : q.) This was the only seal M 

I used until the abrogation of the first charter, in 1684. H 

M The next seal -was furnished in 1686 by King James B 

g II while Sir Edmund Andros was governor, and was M 

B in use until the downfall of the king, in i68q. This g 

= has two sides, both being represented in the window. B 

M The armorial part consists of the royal arms, but B 

B distinguished therefrom by adding the words "Sigillum B 

B Novae Angliae in America." Below are seals of the B 

B Province, from 1692 to the Revolution, granted under B 

B the second charter, — the first during the reign of = 

M George I, the second about 1728, under George II. B 

B On the accession of George III, his name was sub- B 

B stituted for the latter. These seals contain the B 

B royal arms, with the addition of a motto pertaining to B 

g the Province. B 

B Still lower down is the seal adopted Aug. 5, 1775, B 

B of an "English American holding a sword in the right B 

g 1 Mass. Records. Vol. i. pp. 10. 397. B 

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g hand and Magna Charta in the left hand, with the 

M words 'Magna Charta* imprinted on it." The coat- 

g of-arms, which was used from the adoption of the 

g State constitution in 1780 until June 14, 

M i8q8, is also reproduced. At the left of 

I the Magna Charta seal is the personal 



Is 



seal of Governor Francis Bernard, 1760-69, and at 
the right that of Governor Thomas Hutchinson, 
1769-74 (acting governor the first two years). 

Under the Province charter all commissions to 
officers in the military service were issued under a 
privy seal, bearing the personal coat-of-arms of the 
governor. The seals were usually circular. Several of 
these arms (the armorial portion) are shown, and in 
addition to the dates, which appear in the window, 
the names of the respective governors are given. 

In the left section are the arms of the following: — 

Sir William Phipps, ..... i6qi-g4 

William Stoughton (lieutenant governor, act- 
ing governor). ..... i6q4-qq 

Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont, . . i6qg-i7oi 

Joseph Oudley, ..... 1702-15 

Samuel Shute. ...... 1716-22 

In the right section: — 

William IDummer (lieutenant governor, act- 
ing governor), 
William Burnet. 
Jonathan Belcher, 
William Shirley, 
Thomas Pownall, 



I 728-2q 
1730-41 
1741-57 
1757-60 



g The seals of Governors Bernard and Hutchinson 

= have already been mentioned. 

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1 Executive Department — Council Chamber 1 

M The executive department occupies the south- M 

I west portion of the Bulfinch Front, third floor, with J 

g adjoining rooms in the lateral portion of the West M 

Wing. All the governors elected under B 

the constitution of Massachusetts, except | 

three, performed the duties of their m 

office in these Bulfinch rooms, the ad- S 



Executive 
Depart- 
ment 



ministrations of John Hancock, James Bowdoin and 
Samuel Adams having ended before the completion 
of the Bulfinch State House. ^ 

The Council Chamber is of the Corinthian order. 
The north wall is ornamented by the caduceus and 
cap of liberty, representing peace and freedom; the 
east wall by a golden star, representing 
Massachusetts, — one of the thirteen 
original States ; the south wall by the scale 



Council 
Chamber 



and sword of justice, emblems of executive power; the 
west wall by the coat-of-arms. Wreaths of oak and 
laurel complete the decorations. The walls and orna- 
mentations of this room were placed there by Bulfinch. 
There is a beautiful black and gold Italian marble 
mantel, with carved oak mirror, in the Governor's 
private office. Two mantels of white 
Italian marble have been placed in the 
new rooms; these latter were taken in 



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g iqi6 from the house numbered 28 Beacon Street, M 

g comer of Hancock Avenue, just before it was razed. | 

g 1 During the alterations of i8c)6 and iSqj the governor and coun- g 

g cil occupied rooms Nos. 237-239 in the extension. = 

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M Aside from the colors of the Civil, Spanish Ameri- g 

m can and World wars, eleven flags represent other periods g 

M in the history of Massachusetts and the United States. | 

M The "first flag of New England," under which g 

S our ancestors lived and fought in the earlier colonial g 

M and provincial periods, is reproduced, having been g 

B presented by the Massachusetts Society of Colonial g 

g Wars, March iq, iqo6. It is a white flag with the g 

g red cross of St. George and in the corner a pine tree, M 

M always a peculiar emblem of New England. g 

g On Evacuation Day, March 17, iqo6, Boston g 

g chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, presented g 

g a copy of the flag carried at the siege of Boston and g 

g hoisted by Gen. Israel Putnam on Prospect Hill, g 

g Somerville, Jan. i, 1776, as the first flag of 

g the United Colonies. It bears the red 

g cross of St. George and white saltire of 



Flags 



I St. Andrew on a blue union. General Putnam re- g 

I tained the crosses of the English ensign, but substi- g 

I tuted for the plain red field a field of red and white g 

I stripes, one for each of the thirteen colonies. Only the M 

I crosses of England and Scotland appear on it, for the M 

I red saltire of St. Patrick, now on the union jack, was g 

I not added until after the union with Ireland in 180 1. g 

I The "Bunker Hill" flag is also reproduced. This M 

I flag of the colonists has a blue field with the "first g 

I flag of New England" as a canton. It was a gift of M 

I the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the Revo- g 

I lution, June 17, iqo6. g 

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I A copy of the "Pine Tree" flag was presented M 

I March q, IQ07, by Mrs. Ida Louise Gibbs of Waltham M 

g as a memorial to her father, husband and son. It is | 

a white flag with the pine tree in the | 

centre, and above is the motto "An M 

Appeal to Heaven." This was the naval m 



Flags 



I g flag of Massachusetts and the first flag to fly over an 

I M American fleet — a fleet of schooners commissioned 

I M by General Washington at the siege of Boston. 

I g It was the first naval flag of the United Colonies. 

I g The "Betsy Ross" flag, a flag of 1781, an ensign 

I M of the American frigate "Peacock," a Mexican War 

I I flag, a State flag of the Bay State Light Infantry, and 

I g Gen. Grant's garrison flag are described farther on. 

I M The colors of the commander-in-chief are displayed 

I m in the Governor's office. The State colors carried 

I m by the troops are a square flag, but the Governor's 

I M colors, usually carried behind him by a mounted color 

I g bearer, are triangular like a cavalry guidon. The 

I M field is white with golden yellow fringe, cord and tassels 

I J and on one side is the coat-of-arms of the Common- 

1 M wealth, embroidered in colors (see pages loq and 1 10). 

i S The original charter of Massachusetts Bay Colony, by 

I S Charles I, granted the adventurers a seal which, as 

[ B previously described, bore the device of an Indian 

I B standing between two pine trees. The significance 

f H of this design was a reminder of the compact between 

I I the king and the company that the object of the settle- 

I H ment, as expressed in the charter, was the elevation 

I J of the Indian and his conversion to Christianity. The 

I B Indian still retained on the coat-of-arms is, therefore, 

I H not a warrior, but a friendly Indian. He has no quiver. 

I ■ 88 

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S The bow is in his right hand, and in his left hand is one J | 

3 arrow, point downward, signifying peace. The re- M I 

M verse of the colors bears on the same blue shield, not H | 

J an Indian, but the historic pine tree of 

g New England. The flag of Massa- 

= chusetts which waves over State build- 



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ings ^ has, like the colors of the commander-in-chief, 
the arms of the Commonwealth on one side, and on 
the reverse the pine tree shield. ^ 

A Bible presented by Governor Butler is kept here; 
also a volume of the General Statutes (i860) which 
has been transmitted by each governor to his succes- 
sor since Governor Banks first transferred it to Gover- 
nor Andrew. Another transmittendum is a gavel and 
box made from timbers of the frigate "Constitution"; 
still another is a gavel block of an Indian whetstone, 
and arrowheads, dug up on Cape Cod. The gavel 
and gavel block were presented by 
Governor Guild. The department is 
also custodian of photographs of former 
governors and councillors; a portrait of 



Executive 
Depart- 
ment 



g Charles Bulfinch, ^ architect, from a water color draw- g | 

M ing by M. Vautin, presented by Miss Ellen S. Bulfinch, H I 

g of Cambridge; a portrait of Denys de Berdt^ (which M | 

M originally hung in the Council Chamber, old State g | 

M House), presented by Richard Gary, June 7, 1780; | | 

g the coat-of-arms of the De Berdt family, given to g | 

g Governor Bates by William E. Merrill; a State flag, g | 

I which was sent to King's Mountain, N. C, at the g | 

B request of the committee on the centennial celebra- g | 

1 tion of the battle, Oct. 7, 1880. | I 

M ^ Chapter 60, Acts of iqoq. 2 Chapter zzq. Acts of igo8. ^ I 

g 3 See Appendix. ^ | 

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Senate Chamber 

Passing through the east corridor, the visitor enters 
the Senate chamber, formerly the House of Repre- 
sentatives, with its galleries formed by Doric 
columns, the whole being surrounded by 
Doric entablatures. The four flat arches, 



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united by a circular cornice above, form in the angles 
four pendants to the dome. The pendants are adorned 
with emblems of commerce, agriculture, peace and war. 

Over the President's chair are the National and 
State flags, ^ the gilded eagle already mentioned, hold- 
ing in its beak a large scroll with the inscription "God 
save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," and 
upon the north wall is the State coat-of-arms. A 
resolve of Feb. 24, 1847, appropriated money for the 
payment of expense incurred by the Sergeant-at-Arms 
to place in bold relief the "Massachusetts coat-of- 
arms" over the Speaker's chair in the House of Repre- 
sentatives, and "for that purpose to fill up the middle 
upper windows," agreeable to an order of the House 
passed March 27, 1846. 

Suspended from the south wall are two muskets, 
— a King's arm, captured from the British by Capt. 
John Parker on the morning of April iq, 
1775, in the battle of Lexington, — being 
the first firearm taken from the enemy in 



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I the war for Independence, — and the firearm used by m 

I Captain Parker in that battle, both bequeathed by | 

I Rev. Theodore Parker. ^ The National flag in the | 

I south panel was carried by the 3 1 7th Field Signal M 

I Battalion in the World War (read note 3, page 74). | 

1 1 Order of the Senate. Jan. 24, i8q8. M 

i 2 Senate Journal of Jan. 26, 1861, and Boston Journal of ^ 

s Jan. 28. 1861. Address by Governor Andrew before a joint con- ^ 

1 vention of the Legislature, Jan. 26, 1861. ^ 

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In this room the House of Representatives held 
its sessions from Jan. ii, i/qS, to Jan. 2, 1895, and 
the following day moved to the new chamber in the 
extension. Previous to 1867 there was no gallery in 
the front or rear of this hall. A balcony on each side, 
below the gallery, reached by a short flight of stairs 
from the floor, was used by members until 1860.^ 
The members sat in pews until the session of 1868, 
when chairs were occupied for the first time. These 
were arranged in straight lines on a level floor. New 
desks were also furnished for the Senators. The fol- 
lowing summer (1868) the floor of the 
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M and renewal of the Bulfinch State House, it having j 

M been decided that the Senate should occupy this I 

J chamber, the floor was again made level and the I 

5 seats arranged in a circle for the convenience of the [ 

M forty senators. The Senate held its first session here I 

m Jan. 5, i8g8. On Feb. 18, 1895, the Senators moved I 

M to room No. 237, pending the alterations, but returned I 

M to the old chamber April 8 for the remainder of that I 

I session and the session of i8q6; on Jan. 6, 1897, they | 

J convened in the temporary chamber provided in the | 

M upper portion of Memorial Hall. | 

1 Senate Reception Room | 

B The Senate Reception Room, formerly the Senate | 

M Chamber where its meetings were held from Jan. 11, | 

M 1798, to June 10, i8q6, 2 is of Ionic design, and occupies | 

g the east portion of the Bulfinch front. The State arms | 

M face the entrance, and there is a beautiful clock | 

M over the door. On the walls hang portraits of: — | 

M ^ I have been unable to ascertain when the balconies were | 

= added, but it must have been about 1852. as they appear on | 

g a plan of the '"State House and enlargement." 1853-54. drawn = 

^ by Gridley J. F. Bryant, architect. They were removed in j86o. | 

M Auditor's Report and Chapter i , Acts of i860. | 

g 2 Barring the interval from Feb. 18- April 8. 1895. * | 

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I I THE STATE HOU SE 

I B The State owns a portrait of Rev. John Wheel- 

I M Wright, 1 born in 1593, in Lincolnshire, England, arrived 
in Boston, May 26, 1636, and died in 
Salisbury, Massachusetts, Nov. 15, 1679. 
There is an inscription in dark letters on 



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the canvas, almost concealed in the dark paint of the 
background; that inscription was partly lost when at 
some time the canvas was cut; it reads as follows: — 

"Aetatjis Suae 84 
Anno D]omini 1677" 

For some years prior to 1895, the portrait hung in 
one of the rooms of the Secretary of the Common- 
wealth, and still earlier in the Senate Chamber. 

Here is a musket used by Major John Buttrick 
at the North Bridge, Concord, April iq, 1775, — 
presented to the Commonwealth by his great-grand- 
children, James G. and Martha M. Buttrick of Lowell, 
April 16, iqoi; a drum beaten at the battle of Bunker 
Hill, June 17, 1775, by Thomas Scott; a Hessian hat, 
sword, gun and drum captured at the 
battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777, 
— presented by Brigadier General John 



War 
Relics 



g Stark, — and a letter of acknowledgment to General g i 

g Stark by Jeremiah Powell, President of the Council, g i 

g dated December 5, 1777 ; this hat, sword and B I 

g drum bear the Arms of Westphalia ; the drum has M | 

g an iron frame and brass barrel. There is also a g i 

g drum captured from the British in the same battle, — H I 

g 1 See "First Church of Christ in Quincy." by D. M. Wilson H - 

g i8qo. pp. 151 and 152 of Appendix. * g | 

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I THE STATE HOUSE | 

H the gift of Robert L, Day of Melrose, January 28, 1904; g 

H a drum ^ used by Henry J. White, a drummer in Co. I, H 

g 6th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, on | 

M their march through Baltimore, April ig, 1861; a m 

g musket carried by Charles A. Taylor, a private in g 

I Co. D of the same regiment, who fell on the march g 

M of that day. This latter musket, which had been g 

g fired and the ramrod lost probably in reloading, M 

M was found in an adjacent house and given to Wilson g 

g Post No. I, G. A. R., of Baltimore, who presented M 

M it to the 6th Regiment Association; at 

g Lowell, April ig, 1881, the association 

M presented it to the Commonwealth through 



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Governor John D. Long. The saddle, bridle and M 

holsters were given to Maj. Gen. George C. Strong 2 g 

by the citizens of Troy, N. Y., and were sent to the M 

State House, Nov. 7, igoj, by his son, Wilson B. g 

Strong of Georgetown, D. C. His sword was pre- H 

sented by Mr. F. W. Budd, of New York City, on May g 

23, igi8. On Feb. 10, iqoq, Joseph H. Knox gave a g 

drum that he used through the Wide-Awake period of g 

the first Lincoln campaign, and during his service in H 

the 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; it bears a g 

United States shield, an eagle and thirteen stars. g 

The "Betsy Ross" fiag was presented March q, g 

iqo6, by Hannah Goddard Chapter, Daughters of M 

the American Revolution, of Brookline, Mass. It g 

= ^ Presented to Governor Long, November 17, 1882, by = 

j Mr. White. g 

I 2 See Appendix. ^ 



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I THE STATE HOUSE | 

g has thirteen stripes, with a circle of thirteen stars in j 

H the union, and is a copy of the first flag of the United | 

H States — designed by George Washington, approved | 

g by Benjamin Franklin and carried into execution by | 

M Mrs. Ross. On June 14, 1777, Congress resolved | 

M "that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen | 

stripes alternate red and white; that the | 

union be thirteen stars white in a blue § 

field representing a new constellation." | 



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J The only change from the flag of the United Colonies M 

M was the substitution of the stars for the crosses. The M 

M Governor annually sets apart the fourteenth day of M 

M June as Flag Day. ^ g 

M The time-worn and weather-beaten bunting flag M 

g was made in 1781 for Jonathan Fowle of Boston. The M 

M thirteen stars are arranged in three horizontal rows, — | 

§ four in the upper, five in the middle and four in the g 

g lower row. This fiag was flown at one time over Fort g 

g Independence, in Boston Harbor, when Mr. Fowle's M 

§ son, George M. Fowle, then a member of the Boston J 

g Rangers, was a part of the garrison of that post. g 

M George W. Fowle of Jamaica Plain, grandson of Jon- M 

g athan, presented it to the Commonwealth, Feb. 22, M 

g iqo6. g 

( The next in point of time is a copy of the flag of g 

M the American frigate "Peacock," which won a victory M 

M over the British sloop of war "Epervier," off the g 

g coast of Florida in 18 14. This was presented by the g 

g 1 Chapter 5, Resolves of iqii. g 

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I THE STATE HOUSE || 

g Society of the War of 1812, April 28, iqo6, and is a Ml 

M reproduction of the one of fifteen stars and fifteen g i 

g stripes, adopted Jan. 13, 1794, after the admission of g | 

M Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. It has been g | 

M called "The Star Spangled Banner." The familiar M | 

= song bearing this title was inspired by the author, M I 

M Francis Scott Key, witnessing the bom- 

g bardment of Fort Mc Henry, at the en- 

g trance to Baltimore Harbor, Sept. 13, 18 14. 



Flags ^ 



I The Fort McHenry flag has the stars arranged in five g 

I indented parallel lines, three stars in each horizontal = 

I line. It is in the Smithsonian Institution, Washing- g 

I ton, D. C. The American flag is now constructed g 

I under an act of April 4, 18 18, — "that from and after g 

I the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United g 

I States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and g 

I white; that the union have twenty stars, white in a g 

I blue field; that on the admission of every new state g 

I into the Union, one star be added to the union of the M 

I flag; and that such addition shall take effect g 

I on the fourth day of July next succeeding such g 

I admission." , g 

I A regimental flag which Lieut. G&n. Winfield Scott, g 

I U. S. A., presented to the only Massachusetts regi- M 

I ment that fought in the Mexican War is also of much g 

I interest. This flag was one of four presented to meri- g 

I torious regiments in the service of the United States g 

I during that war. It is of green silk, embroidered, g 

I with the national coat-of-arms in the centre, while g 

I above are thirty stars representing the number of g 

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I THE STATE HOUSE | 

m m m m m >« i« aiaimmmiiiTKmiam uTSriinsrmnmWWm in m m m um la m hi | 

I States then in the Union, and below are the words: g 

M "Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry." B 

I A United States garrison flag, which waved from the M 

M flagstaff at Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters, H 

J City Point, Virginia, in the Civil war, hangs in the M 

balcony. It was given by General Grant | 

to his staff officer. Col. Amos Webster, | 

in April, 1865, after the surrender of the M 



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M Confederates at Appomattox Court House, and he in I 

I turn presented it to Roger Wolcott, Governor, through | 

M John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy, Jan. 26, 1898. | 

M On December 8, iqio, a flag of the Bay State | 

M Light Infantry was presented to Calvin Coolidge, [ 

g Governor, by Mrs. Hannah (Bartlett) Griffith Shaw, | 

M of Middleborough, through Rep. Frank E. Barrows. i 

M It is blue silk, 4' 5^" x 5' q^", with the State coat- [ 

J of-arms surmounted by thirteen gold stars. The Com- | 

M pany was raised by Thomas B. Griffith and others | 

I under Special Order No. 21, dated June 22, 1852, | 

M was known as Company K and incorporated into I 

M the 3rd Regiment of Light Infantry, 2nd Brigade, | 

m ist Division, "fhe flag was given by the ladies of | 

M Carver in December, 1852. It is a rare gift as it | 

M represents a period before the Civil war, and through | 

M Mrs. Shaw's generosity has been permanently pre- | 

= served. | 

M A cabinet here contains several historic articles, — | 

I A thin stone of sea shells and sand from the roof of | 

M the ancestral home of George Washington, Sulgrave | 

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I THE STATE HOUSE | 

I Manor, Northamptonshire, England, given by Dr. John B 

I J. Coxeter, of Newtonville, June 24, iqiq; a canteen m 

I of the War of 1 8 1 2 ; a key to the powder magazine on B 

Captain's Island, Cambridge; a silver B 

watch found by John Howarth, of G M 

Company, 15th Massachusetts Infantry, M 



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I B at Little Round Top during the second day of the B 

I g battle of Gettysburg, and presented by Thomas B 

I B M. Rumney, of Norwood, May 18, iqi8; a gavel B 

I B presented to the House of Representatives by Hon. B 

I m JoJ^^ C)- Long, Secretary of the Navy; the head B 

I B is made of wood from the cruiser Olympia, Admiral B 

I B Dewey's flagship at the battle of Manila; the handle is B 

I J from the rail of the Sandovat, a Spanish gunboat cap- B 

I M tured by our Navy off the coast of Cuba during the M 

I B Spanish American war. B 

I B There are two mementos of the World war, — a B 

I B shell presented by Mrs. John H. Sherburne, as a gift B 

I g from her husband, to Governor Sarriuel W. McCall, g 

I B who transferred it to the Commonwealth Jan. 4, igiq, M 

I g and a plaque "Offert Par La C^^^^ Du Boisrouvray = 

I M Aux Officiers, Sous-Officiers et Soldats De La Glorieuse B 

I I 26 ME Division D'Infanterie Du Corps Expedition- M 

I B naire Americain." ^ M 

i I The apartment directly to the north is the Senate B 

I m Reading Room. It is finished in white mahogany. m 

I B The offices of the President and Clerk of the Senate B 

I M are just beyond. B 

I = 1 Sec page 66 for guidons of 4th Mass. Cavalry. Seepage 104, M 

I g and for other relics, pages 130-132. ^ 

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INSCRIPTION ON SHELL 

TO HI8 EXCELLENCY 

GOV. SAMUEL WALKER McCALL 

THE FIRST SHELL FIRED BY THE 

NATIONAL GUARD 

AGAINST GERMANY. 

FIRED 3.45 P.M., TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 1918 

BY 

1st SECTION, BATTERY A, 

lOlST REGIMENT, F^ELD ARTILLERY, 

COL. JOHN H. SHERBURNE, COMMANDING. 

INSCRIPTION ON PLAQUE 

FAITS D'ARMES 

DE LA 266 DIVISION D'INFANTERIE AMERICAINE 

EN FRANCE 

1918 

CHEMIN DES DAMES — 28 F^VRIER 

BOIS BRULjS — 10-13 AVRIL 

SEICHEPREY — 20-21 AVRIL 

CAMP MOULIN — 30-31 MAI 

XIVRAY-MARVOISIN — 16 JUIN 



CHATEAU THIERRY ' g 

TORCY . GIVRY . ETREPILLY . TRUGNY M 

EPIEDS . BOIS DE TRUGNY . BOIS LA FERE M 

18-25 JUILLET M 

ST. MIHIEL . VIGNEULLES 1 

12-13 SEPTEMBRE M 

BOIS BELLEU . BOIS d'oRMONT . BOIS d'haUMONT . COTE 360 M 

23-27 OCTOBRE J 

VILLE DEVANT CHAUMONT . BOIS DE VILLE M 

CAP DE BONNE ESPISrANCE g 

7-11 NOVEMBRE M 

LE METAL DE CETTE INSCRIPTION PROVIENT DU M 

CHAMP DE BATAILLE g 

DE ST. MIHIEL M 

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From portrait by Gilbert Stuart. 
Presented by Samuel C. Cobb, 
Feb. 15, 1882. 

Painted in 1833, from life. Pre- 
sented by Gen. Francis II. Ap- 
pleton of Boston, May 26, 1882. 

From life. Presented by Mrs. Mary 
Lynch of Digby, Nova Scotia, 
April 23, 1886. 

Painted in 1853, from an engraving. 
Presented by members of the Leg- 
islature in 1853. (Private sub- 


scription.) 

From life. Purchased under chap- 
ter 91, Resolves 1895. 

From life. Presented to the Senate, 
June 3, 1901, by William B. H. 
Dowse. 


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Chester Harding, 
Charles Osgood, . 
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1 Office of the Secretary of the Common- I 

1 wealth I 

M The great seal is kept in this office; also the M 

M official representation of the coat-of-arms, as drawn M 

I and emblazoned under the direction of the Secretary, | 

M William M. Olin, and adopted by the Legislature, g 

m June 14, i8q8. ^ g 

M The arms consist of a shield having a blue field M 

g or surface with an Indian thereon, dressed in a shirt m 

M and moccasins, holding in his right hand a bow, and M 

I in his left hand an arrow, point downward, all of B 

I gold; and, in the upper corner of the field, 

M above his right arm, a silver star with five 

M points. The crest is a wreath of blue and 



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Seal 



M gold, whereon, in gold, is a right arm, bent at the M 

M elbow, clothed and ruffled, with the hand grasping H 

I a broadsword. The motto is the second of two lines M 

M written about A. D. 1659 by Algernon Sydney, the M 

g English patriot, in the Book of Mottoes in the King's M 

m library at Copenhagen, Denmark. ^ g 

g ... Manus haec inimica tyrannis M 

g Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem. g 

g This motto appears on the Magna Charta seal of M 

1 1775-80. I 

g The heraldry of the seal is in the Council records g 

g of December 13, 1780: — Sapphire, an Indian, g 

g ' Chapter jiq. Acts of 1808. Chapter 2. The General Laws. g 

g 2 Great Seal of the Commonwealth, House No. 345. April. 1885; g 

g Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings, Second Series. = 

^ Vol, II, pp. 39-41. " Algernon Sydney," by Robert C. Winthrop, g 

g before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, Dec. 21. 1853. g 

g loq M 

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dressed in his Shirt, Moggosins, belted proper, in 
his right hand a Bow, Topaz, in his left an Arrow, 
its point towards the Base; of the 
second, on the Dexter side of the 
Indian's head, a Star, Pearl, for one 



Great 
Seal 



m of the United States of America. 

§ Crest. On a Wreath a Dexter Arm clothed and 

g ruffled proper, grasping a Broad Sword, the Pummel 

g and Hilt, Topaz, with this motto: — Ense petit 

I placidam Sub Libertate Quietem. And around the 

g Seal: — Sigillum Reipublicae Massachusettensis. 

g Here too, safely encased, are the Colony charter 

g of Massachusetts Bay, issued by Charles I, 1628; 
the Province charter, by William and 
Mary, 1692; explanatory charter, by 
George 1 1 ; the original manuscript of 



Charters 



the constitution of the Commonwealth and the 
amendments, together with an attested copy of the 
constitution, which was made in i8g4, the original 
having become illegible in parts. 

In the archives division, fourth floor, are all the 
executive and legislative records of Massachusetts. 
Of especial interest are the military 
records of the Narragansett war, the 
French and Indian campaigns, the 



= Archives 



g muster and payrolls of the Revolution. There g 

g is now a complete record-index from 17 10 to 1783, g 

M covering the years of the French and Indian and g 

B Revoluntary wars. Here are also preserved the g 

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= records of the Governor and Company of New M 

I England, which later became the records of the M 

I General Court; the original parchment 

= treaties made with the tribes of Eastern 

M Indians; the original depositions and ex- 



Archives 



aminations of persons accused of witchcraft; manu- 
script letters and papers of the revolutionary period; 
maps and plans of early grants of townships and to 
individuals by the Province and Commonwealth; the 
State surveys of 1794 and 1830. 

State Library — The Bradford History 

The State Library ^ is at the extreme north. 
It is one of the largest State reference libraries in 
the United States, having a collection of over 
300,000 volumes and pamphlets. The following 
are among the many things to be found on the 
shelves, — the laws and judicial decisions, congres- 
sional and public documents of the United States, the 
several States and Territories; the laws, 
judicial decisions and reports of Great 
Britain, her colonies and dependencies; 



State 
Library 



1 the statute law of other civilized countries ; the journals S 

g and debates of the constitutional conventions ; history, M 

I biography, genealogy, town reports, maps and news- B 

i papers relating to New England, especially to Massa- M 

I chusetts as Colony, Province and Commonwealth; M 

= books on government, social and political science, | 

I finance, taxation, banking, agriculture, horticulture, M 

M ^ Established in 1826. ^ 

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g pedagogy and education, penology, charities. State 
g industries, civic development and betterment, and 
M a good working library of reference books. Here is 
B the "History of Plimoth Plantation," by Governor 
I William Bradford, returned to the Commonwealth 
M from the library of the Consistorial and Episcopal 
m Court of London, by the Lord Bishop of London, 
I through the efforts of George F. Hoar, United 
S States Senator, and Thomas F. Bayard, Ambassador 
= at the Court at St. James's, and received in behalf 
B of the Commonwealth by His Excellency Roger 
M Wolcott, Governor, May 26, 1897; also a portrait 
of Charles Sumner, ^ United States Sen 
ator, by Henry Ulke, — presented to 
the Commonwealth in 1884, by James 



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Library 



I g Wormley of Washington, D. C; and a gold medal 1 

I 3 offered to Mr. Sumner in July, 1871, by the govern- g 

I H ment of Hayti, in recognition of his successful g 

I g efforts in 1862, to establish diplomatic relations be- j 

I M tween the republic of Hayti and the United States of M 

I H America, and for his equally successful efforts to = 

I H prevent the annexation of the republic of Dominica 1 

1 g to the United States, which medal, in conformity 1 

I H with a provision of the Federal Constitution, he de- g 

I m clined to receive and which, at his suggestion, was g 

I g presented to Massachusetts. ^ In the skylight form- g 

I g ing a portion of the ceiling of the reading room g 

I g are the memorable dates, 1620, 1775, 186 1. g 

I g 1 See Appendix. g 

i M » Placed in the State Library, by Chapter 5. Resolves of ^ 

I = .112 M 

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THE HISTORIC CODFISH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



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m A portrait bust of U. S. Senator Hoar, ^ by 



State 
Library 



Daniel C. French, sculptor, was pur- 
chased by authority of chapter 62, 
Resolves of iqo6, and unveiled Sep- 
tember 2q, 1Q08, by Governor Guild in the presence 
of the Executive Council. 

(Inscription) 

GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR 

1826—1904 

SCHOLAR JURIST STATESMAN 

PURE IN LIFE 
INCORRUPTIBLE IN POLITICS 

CHAMPION OP FREEDOM 

FRIEND OF HUMANITY. 



House of Representatives — The Codfish 

Leaving the library and passing into the west 
corridor, the visitor enters the reading and writing 
rooms and post-office connected with the House of 
Representatives. Beyond are the 
ladies' reception room and Representa- 
tives' chamber, both finished in white 
mahogany. The entire wall of the 



House of 
Repre- 
sentatives 



I M House, from floor to gallery, is panelled. The gallery g 

I = is surmounted by ten Corinthian columns, and above M 

I B is the beautiful coved ceiling. ^ The coat-of-arms and m 

I B names of the counties are wrought in the glass; upon m 

I H the frieze are the names of fifty-three noted men : — M 

= M ^ See Appendix. g 

I g 2 Frescoes by Frank Hill Smith. = 

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I g John Carver and William Bradford, the first two governors of g = 

I g Plymouth Colony. M i 

I M John Endecott and John Winthrop. the first two governors of | | 

I ^ Massachusetts Colony. g | 

I = Sir Henry Vane, governor of Massachusetts Colony in 1636; g | 

I M beheaded in England in 1662 for his devotion to liberty. M I 

I g Timothy Pickering, adjutant-general and quartermaster-gen- g i 

i g eral on the staff of General Washington, in the Revolutionary war; g | 

I g later postmaster-general, secretary of war and secretary of state g i 

i M in Washington's cabinet, also senator from Massachusetts. g | 

I g Henry Knox, major-general in the Revolutionary war and g | 

I g secretary of war in Washington's cabinet. M | 

I g Benjamin Lincoln, major-general in the Revolutionary war. g | 

I g John Adams, revolutionary statesman; first vice-president and g | 

I g second president of the United States. g | 

I = Nathan Dane, member of the Continental Congress of 1 785-87, g | 

I g and author of the ordinance of 1 787 which prohibited slavery in g | 

I g the territories west of the Ohio River. g | 

I g Josiah Quincy, statesman and president of Harvard College. g i 

I g John Quincy Adams, statesman and sixth president of United g i 

I g States. g I 

I g Daniel Webster and Charles Sumner, statesmen and senators = | 

I g from Massachusetts. g i 

I g Henry Wilson, statesman, senator and vice-president of the g | 

I g United States. g | 

I g John A. Andrew, governor of Massachusetts during the Civil M | 

I g war. g I 

I g Rufus Choate, orator and senator from Massachusetts. g I 

I g Theophilus Parsons and Lemuel Shaw, chief justices of the g | 

I g Supreme Court of Massachusetts. g i 

I g Joseph Story, justice of the Supreme Court of the United g | 

I g States. g I 

I g Edward Everett, statesman, orator. United States senator and g | 

I M governor of Massachusetts. g | 

I g Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison, anti-slavery g | 

I ^ orators. ^ | 

I g Horace Mann, educator. g | 

I g Samuel G. Howe, educator of the blind. g 1 

I g Charles Allen, member of Congress, and chief justice of the g | 

I g Superior Court of Massachusetts. g | 

I g Charles Devens, major-general in the Civil war, attorney- g | 

I g general of the United States and justice of the Supreme Court of Ml 

I g Massachusetts. g i 

I M William F. Bartlett, major-general in the Civil war. g | 

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g Rufus Putnam, brigadier general in the Revolutionary war, M 

g and founder of the Marietta Colony in Ohio. g 

g Benjamin Franklin, revolutionary patriot and scientist. M 

g Nathaniel Bowditch and Benjamin Peirce, mathematicians. M 

§ Louis Agassiz, naturalist. ^ 

g William T. G. Morton, discoverer of the anaesthetic property g 

g in ether. = 

= Charles Bulfinch, architect. M 

g Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the electric telegraph. M 

g Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. g 

g George Bancroft, William H. Prescott. J. Lothrop Motley and g 

g Francis Parkman. historians. g 

g Ralph Waldo Emerson, pxset and prose writer. Nathaniel g 

g Hawthorne, author. Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet and prose g 

g writer. William Cullen Bryant and Henry W. Longfellow, poets. M 

g James Russell Lowell, poet and prose writer. John Greenleaf g 

g Whittier. poet. g 

g John Singleton Copley, artist of ante-revolutionary period. g 

g William M. Hunt, artist. g 

g Jonathan Edwards, William Ellery Channing and Phillips g 

g Brooks, preachers. g 

g All the foregoing were sons of Massachusetts, H 

g either by birth or adoption. g 

g The National and State colors are gracefully g 

g draped over the Speaker's chair; at the right is B 

g the United States shield; at the left, the State coat- g 

M of-arms. Opposite the desk, between the two M 

g central columns, is suspended the historic g 

g Codfish g 

g Wednesday, March 17, 1784, Mr. John Rowe g 

g "moved the House that leave might be given to M 

g hang up the representation of a Cod Fish in the g 

g room where the House sit, as a memorial of the g 

= importance of the Cod Fishery to the welfare of B 

g this Commonwealth as had been usual formerly." B 

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THE STATE HO USE 

Possibly an emblem hung in the old State, or 
Town, House, but as this structure was burned 
Dec. q, 1747, the codfish doubtless was 
destroyed. The State House, in State 
Street, was erected in 1748, and although 



Codfish 



M it is not known when the codfish was restored, in a | 

g bill of 1773, presented by Thomas Crafts, Jr., to the | 

M Province of Massachusetts Bay, the following item ap- | 

m pears, — "To painting Codfish ... 15 shillings." | 

I As moved by Mr. Rowe, the emblem was sus- | 

g pended in the House, remaining there until trans- | 

M ferred to the new State House, with the archives, | 

I in 1798, and suspended in the House of Represen- | 

M tatives. Just before its transfer, it received a fresh | 

g coat of paint, as shown by a bill of Dec. 6, 1797, | 

M from Samuel Gore, — "Painting Codfish 12 s." | 

g On March 7, 1895, it was ordered "that the Sergeant- | 

I at-Arms be and is hereby directed to cause the | 

g immediate removal of the ancient representation of | 

B a codfish from its present position in the chamber | 

g recently vacated by the House, and to cause it to be | 

g suspended in a suitable place over the Speaker's | 

g chair in the new chamber." ^ A committee of fifteen, | 

g under the escort of John G. B. Adams, Sergeant-at- | 

M Arms, proceeded to the old chamber, when the em- | 

g blem was lowered, wrapped in an American flag, | 

g and borne to the House of Representatives by four | 

g messengers. It was repaired and painted by Walter | 

g M. Brackett at an expense of $100.00, ^ and on | 

^ 1 Chapter 65. Resolves of i8q$. | 

M ' Auditor's Report 1895. page 541. = 

g 116 I 

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= April 2q, i8g5, was ordered to be hung opposite the = 

M Speaker's chair. This was accomplished May 6, M 

H 1895. The codfish is made of pine; it 

g measures 4 feet, 1 1 1 inches long, and is 

I approximately 10 inches through the largest 

H part of the body. 

B The portrait of Henry H. Childs, ^ lieutenant 

g governor 1843, by Moses Wight, in the clerk's 

g office, committee on rules, was presented to the 

g Commonwealth by Henry C. Merwin, Aug. 30, iqoi. 
g Leading from the west corridor, beyond the 

g House, are the offices of the Speaker and Clerk, 

g In the private room of the former are photo- 

m graphs of the gentlemen who have filled the 

M Speaker's chair since 1780, and the list will be 

g found on pages 118 and i iq. 

g Incident to the occupancy of the new House of 

g Representatives in the Extension, and the preservation 

g of the Bulfinch Front, the House chairs were sold in 

g i8q6, i8q7 and i8q8, the members of i8q4 having the 

g first opportunity to purchase; the Senate chairs were 

g sold in i8q7 and i8q8, Senators of i8q7 having first 

M choice; and the chairs in the Council Chamber were 

= sold in i8q8 to Councillors of the preceding year. 

g Note. — The first General Court, which was held under the 

g constitution, assembled in Boston, Wednesday, October 25, 1780. 

g It held three sessions and was prorogued May iq, 1781. From 

g 1 781 until 1832 the p)olitical year commenced on the last Wednes- 

g day in May. In 1832 the constitution was amended so that the 

g political year should begin the first Wednesday in January. 



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Charles J. Noyes, 
George A. Marden, 
John Q. A. Brackett, 
William E. Barrett, 
George v. L. Meyer, 
John L. Bates, . 
James J. Meyers, 
Louis A. Frothingham 
John N. Cole, . 
Joseph Walker, . 
Grafton D. Gushing, 
Channing H. Cox, 
Joseph E. Warner, 
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848, 49. 
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Samuel H. Walley, Jr., . 
Ebenezer Bradbury, 
Francis B. Crowninshield, 
Ensign H. Kellog, . 
Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., 
George Bliss, .... 

Otis P. Lord 

Daniel C. Eddy, . 
Charles A. Phelps, 
Charles Hale, 
John A. Goodwin, . 
Alexander H. Bullock, . 
James M. Stone, 
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Wolcott and the Men of Massachusetts 
in the Spanish American War 

The memorial to Roger Wolcott, late Governor, 
and the men of Massachusetts who served in the war 
with Spain, — by Daniel Chester French, sculptor, 
and Henry Bacon, architect, — is on the third floor, 
opposite the main staircase. It was dedicated Dec. 
31, iqo6, in the presence of Mrs. Wolcott, members 
of her family, the staff of the late Governor, veterans 
of the Spanish American War, and many other friends. 
The address of presentation was made by His Honor 
Eben S. Draper, Lieutenant Governor; 
then the curtains were drawn aside by a 
detail from Roger Wolcott Camp, No. 26, 



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i L. S. W. v., and after an address by Capt. Frederick A. g 

1 Walker, Commander-in-Chief of that organization, g 

1 His Excellency Curtis Guild, Jr., Governor, accepted g 

1 the memorial in behalf of the Commonwealth. It g 

1 consists of a bronze portrait statue of heroic size, the = 

1 figure of the Governor being seated. The chair is a g 

M representation of the Governor's chair in the Council g 

g Chamber. The statue is mounted upon a pedestal g 

g of Tennessee marble against a Siena marble back- M 

1 ground, and is flanked on either side by Tennessee g 

g marble pilasters, upon which are sculptured figures g 

M representing the soldier and sailor of the Spanish g 

g American War. g 

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M (Inscription on the Pedestal) M I 

M ROGER WOLCOTT M I 

M BORN JULY 13-1847 DIED DECEMBER 21-1900 M I 

m GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS g | 

m 1897-1898 AND 1899 | | 

M (Inscription on the Frieze) 2 | 

M ERECTED WITH OFFERINGS FROM THOUSANDS OF Ml 

M MASSACHUSETTS PEOPLE ^ | 

J TO EXPRESS THEIR LOVE AND ADMIRATION FOR GOVERNOR g | 

= WOLCOTT = I 

M TO KEEP BEFORE FUTURE GENERATIONS HIS HIGH EXAMPLE OF ^ | 

M CIVIC VIRTUE g I 

M AND TO COMMEMORATE THE MEN OF MASSACHUSETTS M I 

M WHO SERVED IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN IN 1898 M I 

g The corridors between the House of Repre- g | 

M sentatives and department of the Secretary of the g | 

H Commonwealth are lighted mainly from a stained- g | 

H glass window. In the arched panels of the ceiling^ g | 

B appear the names of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, M I 

H Joseph Warren and James Otis, patriot leaders in g | 

M the Revolution. These panels are also adorned g | 

B with emblems of education, science, commerce, g | 

g agriculture, machinery, war, peace. g j 

g In General g | 

g The first House of Representatives met May 14, g | 

M 1634. For some years the Assistants and Deputies g I 

B sat together in one room and voted together, the g | 

g 1 Frescoes by Frank Hill Smith. g | 

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THE STATE HOUSE 

majority of the whole deciding a vote; but in 1644 
the branches separated and the House of Deputies, 
for the first time sitting and acting 
apart from the Assistants, appointed a 
Doorkeeper. From that year to the 
present the line has not been broken, 
as the following list will show : — 



Sergeant- 

at-Arms 

Department 



1644-51. 

1651-59, 

1659-93. 

1693-1713 

1713-15. 

1715-26. 

1726-48. 

1 748-50. 

1750-86. 

1774-78. 



1786-1835 
1835-59. 
1859-75. 
1875-86. 
I 886- I 900 

1900, . 

1901-1904 
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1910-1920 
1920. , 
19^1. 



Samuel Greene, Doorkeeper. 

Edward Micheson, Messenger. 

John Marshall. Messenger. 

James Maxwell. Doorkeeper and Messenger. 

Samuel Maxwell. Doorkeeper. 

John Flagg, Doorkeeper. 

Richard Hubbard. Doorkeeper. 

Abraham Belknap. Doorkeeper. 

William Baker, Doorkeeper and Messenger. 

(Provincial Congress). Jeremiah Hunt. Door- 
keeper. 

(At Cambridge) (Provincial Congress). '"Mr. Dar- 
ling," Doorkeeper. 

Jacob Kuhn.i Messenger. 

Benjamin Stevens. Sergeant-at-Arms. 

John Morrissey. Sergeant-at-Arms. 

Oreb F. Mitchell. Sergeant-at-Arms. 

(October 19). John G. B. Adams. i Sergeant-at- 
Arms. 

(October 24)-! 901 (January 2). Charles G. Davis, 
Acting Sergeant-at-Arms. 

Charles G. Davis. Sergeant-at-Arms. 

David T. Remington, ^ Sergeant-at-Arms. 
(Feb. 22) Thomas F. Pedrick.i Sergeant-at-Arms. 
(Mar. 12) — I qi I. James Beatty. Sergeant-at-Arms. 
Charles O. Holt. Sergeant-at-Arms. 



The pay of Samuel Greene was "2s p day, 
with diett &Z lodginge." Greene and Edward 
Micheson served under the Massachusetts Bay 
Colony, when the Court met in the old First Church 

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B on Washington Street; John Marshall served under | 

m the Province, and was custodian of the first Town M 

J House (built 1657); James Maxwell and Richard g 

H Hubbard were messengers respectively when the first M 

g and second Town Houses were burned ( 1 7 1 1 and g 

I 1747); Abraham Belknap became custodian of the M 

= present "old State House" ^ (built 1748); William | 

g Baker was evidently custodian of the buildng during M 

M the siege of Boston; Jacob Kuhn served in the | 

M State Street building, as well as the Bulfinch State M 

M House. M 

M March 2, 1798, the agents were directed to build M 

g a house for the Messenger. It was situated on the = 

g easterly side of Hancock Street, No. 46, not far g 

B below the present Hancock Street entrance of the M 

I State House, and Mr. Kuhn lived in it for many g 

M years. Benjamin Stevens also resided there until g 

g 1848, but the property having been sold the pre- M 

g vious year to the water commissioners of the city M 

m of Boston, the Commonwealth purchased the estate g 

g No. 12 Hancock Street, under a resolve of April 13, g 

g 1847, and this was kept as the residence of the M 

M Sergeant-at-Arms until ordered sold, April 6, 1859. g 

g Portraits of seven of the officers who served between g 

g 1786 and 1920 are in the Sergeant-at-Arms' office. The g 

g crayon of Benjamin Stevens was given by Charles g 

g Edward Stevens. The oil paintings of John G. B. g 

g Adams, Darius Cobb, artist, of David T. Remington g 

g 1 The old State House was built within the walls of its g 

^ predecessor, erected in 171 3, and on the site of the Town House g 

g of 1657. ^ 

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M and Thomas F. Pedrick, John L. Findlay, artist, M 

M were presented by the Sergeant-at-Arms' appointees, H. 

I May 6, iqoi, June ii, igo6, and June 13, iqio, ( 

B respectively. ^ M 

M Those who are interested in heating and lighting M 

= should visit the engine and dynamo rooms. A few m 

M words only are necessary to show the progress in | 

B this department. There were fireplaces originally M 

M in the Bulfinch building, wood being used entirely M 

M for fuel. Later on came stoves and open grates, H 

M then hot-air furnaces. A hot-water heating appara- m 

tus was installed in the Bryant addition, M 

and went into operation in January, 1855; M 

but it was not until the alterations of M 

1867-68 that the entire State House was M 



Heating 

and 

Lighting 



M heated by steam. The central avenue leading from M 

M Beacon Street to the State House, Doric Hall, m 

M the House of Representatives, and certain passage- J 

m ways were first lighted by gas in 1 849 ^ ; the Senate, g 

M in 1 85 1. 2 The House was wired for electricity in M 

M 1883; the Senate, a few years later; and when the M 

M extension was built, an electric plant with 9,500 M 

m incandescent lights was installed; the capacity has | 

M since been increased to about 12,500 lamps. In J 

g iqo2 a coal pocket was built under the park. It is | 

M 106' long, 76' wide and iq' 6" high in the centre. M 

M Basing the cubic contents of a ton of coal at 32 cubic m 

M feet, the pocket will contain 4,500 tons. There are M 

g 1 Chapter 6y, Resolves of 1849. * Chapter 67, Resolves of i8yi. M 

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I now eleven passenger elevators in the building; the g 

M first two were installed in 1885. M 

g There are two interesting iron chests in the private M 

g office of the Treasurer of the Commonwealth. They M 

g were discovered in iqoo by former Treasurer Edward M 

g S. Bradford, when he was rearranging the basement g 

g storeroom of his department. The smaller one was = 

g open and empty. The larger was locked, and there M 

g was a blank escutcheon, with guard, on the front. B 

g Examination disclosed a hidden spring, for a portion g 

g of the iron belting on the top yielded to pressure and g 

g snapped back, revealing the true keyhole. From = 

M under the cover — the keyhole being on 

g the top of the chest — bolts slip out at 

g intervals along the front and sides, catch- 



Treasury 
Chests 



g ing securely beneath the iron edges of the chest; projec- g | 

g tions also fit underneath the rear edge, thus pro- g | 

g tecting that side of the box; the iron sheathing, g | 

g which protects the lock system, on the inside of the M | 

= cover, is decorated, two crowns being the most promi- g | 

g r-^nt part of the work. The smaller chest is 2' 8" g | 

g long, i6>^" wide and i6>^" deep; the larger is 3' g | 

g long, I ' 6" wide and 20" deep. The larger chest con- g I 

g tains a covered box, with lock and key, all of iron, g | 

g which was presumably used for specie. This chest g | 

g also protected an old heavy wooden box, which con- g | 

g tained bonds, notes. Continental money, consolidated g | 

g army notes and bills of exchange, ranging from 1747 g | 

g to 1817,^ and as many of them had not been can- g | 

g 1 Senate files No. 8458. Jan. iq, 1828. report of Committee as to g I 

^ certain articles in the Treasury. ^ | 

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M celled, Treasurer Bradford resealed the box and J 

B placed it in the Treasury vault. Each of these chests g 

M has its key; also heavy wrought iron handles on the | 

H ends, with two hasps, for padlocks, on the front; the M 

I rust of years was removed by sandblast, and the sur- M 

M faces lacquered. It is not known how long ago these g 

M relics first came into the possession of the State, but g 

M perhaps they were removed from the old State House | 

H when the Bulfinch State House was first occupied in M 

M 1798, and in the early days they undoubtedly held H 

H the money and valuable papers of the Treasury. g 

m A silk service flag, containing eleven stars attesting J 

p to the patriotic response of members of the House of H 

Representatives to the call of their country, g 

was given by Mrs. John H. Sherburne, of m 

Brookline. She presented it in the House m 



Service 
Flags 



B Chamber at the session of May 2, 1Q18; it was ac- M 

M cepted by Hon. Joseph E. Warner, Speaker, and M 

M dedicated in prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Daniel W. g 

I Waldron. 1 | 

I Another service flag, representing three hundred m 

M and fifty-four employees, was dedicated Oct. 18, iqiS, | 

M by His Excellency Samuel W. McCall, Governor, and | 

I the State House Commission. m 

S A military map of the territory occupied by the M 

H Armies of the World War, showing the order of battle M 

H on the Western Front, at 11 a.m., Nov. ii, iqi8, — g 

S was presented by Lieutenant Colonel Donald B. g 

g Sanger, of Cambridge, Mass. g 

g 1 Journal of the House, May 2. iqi8. g 

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M A bronze tablet, given by the friends of the Massa- B 

m chusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to m 

g Animals, ^ and placed in the East Wing 

M entrance, was dedicated. Mar. 30, iqio. 

M It was presented by Dr. Francis H. 

M Rowley, President of the Society, unveiled 



Animals 
in World 
War 



m by Miss Eugenia Frothingham, and accepted by His m 

M Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor. | 

M (Inscription) | 

M THIS TABLET = 

= IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY ^ 

= OP THE HORSES, DOGS AND OTHER ^ 

^ ANIMALS WHOSE FAITHFUL SERVICE, ^ 

^ WHOSE SUFFERINGS AND WHOSE M 

^ DEATH WERE PART OF THE PRICE ^ 

^ PAID IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR ^ 

^ 1914-1919, WAGED IN BEHALF OF THE ^ 

^ LIBERTIES OF MANKIND. g 

J Below the inscription are the seals of the Massachu- M 

I setts Society, and of the American Humane Education H 

B Society. M 

I Dr. Rowley said, in part, — "Never before, I think, | 

I has State or Nation by act of its legislative body B 

M granted place within its capitol for a memorial to per- M 

M petuate the memory of those lowlier fellow-creatures B 

M whose faithful service, whose sufferings and death B 

g were a part of the price paid in defence of its liberties. . . M 

M In the years to come, as through these halls teachers B 

I from our public schools lead their pupils, pointing out B 

J the memorials of historic interest, they will pause a M 

B moment here to teach anew the lesson of our kinship B 

g with the life below us, and speak of its claim upon us B 

g for justice and compassion." B 

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In accepting the tablet, Governor Coolidge said that 
"Those whom this tablet honors will never know its 
meaning, its significance, or even of its 
existence, but we can understand what it 
means and how much was done for the 
benefit of mankind by these creatures who 



Animals 
in World 
War 



suffered for our sakes. We can show our own worthi- 
ness by an appreciation of what these creatures did, 
and how they suffered for our welfare. I accept this 
tablet as characteristic of the teachings of the Com- 
monwealth. I accept it with an acknowledgment of 
the generosity that prompted those who have made 
it possible. I accept it as an expression of all that is 
highest and noblest in the history of the Common- 
wealth." 

A bronze tablet ^ is to be placed on 

the wall near the west arch entering the 

Senate Staircase Hall. 



Endicott 
Memorial 



I TABLET I 

I HENRY BRADFORD ENDICOTT g 

M PATRIOT — ADMINISTRATOR — LOYAL, CITIZEN = 

^ EXECUTIVE ^ 

^ OP g 

M THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY ^ 

M FEBRUARY 10, 1917 — NOVEMBER 20, 1918. g 

= IN A SEASON OF GREAT NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND CIVIL STRESS, J 

^ A LEADER OF THE HOME ARMY, ^ 

M HE PLACED HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITIES, HIS ENERGIES, HIS LIFE M 

^ AT THE SERVICE OP THE STATE. ^ 

M BY HIS EXAMPLE AND INFLUENCE g 

§ HE INSPIRED HIS FELLOW MEN TO SUPREME EFFORT IN BEHALF ^ 

= OF COUNTRY, OP PRINCIPLE AND OP EIGHT. ^ 

M IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY g 

M THIS TABLE IS DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. ^ 

M BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1853 — DIED FEBRUARY 12, 1920. g 

B Above the inscription, there will be a bas-relief of Mr. g 

g Endicott. I 

M 1 Chapter bzq. Acts of iqio. g 

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A statue in plaster of Mrs. Anne Marbury Hutch- 
inson, ^ modelled in 1914 by Cyrus E. Dallin, sculptor, 
stands on the second floor near the 
Guild Memorial. The Statue Fund 
Committee intend to replace it by a 
permanent statue in bronze. It was 



Mrs. Anne 

Marbury 

Hutchinson 



m unveiled June 17, 1920, presented by Walter K. | 

B Watkins, and accepted for exhibit by Walter Oilman M 

I Page, on behalf of the State Art Commission. The M 

M sculptor has placed beside the figure itself that of her M 

H little daughter, and has represented the mother stand- M 

g ing with head erect, clasping the Bible in her left M 

M arm, her right hand resting on the shoulder of the M 

J little girl. The costumes are those of the seventeenth M 

M century, — the full skirt and basque, the long cloak B 

M and the hood-shaped cap. g 

M The Commonwealth has in its possession, as a M 

M loan from the United States government, a smooth m 

g bore, bronze gun of 8.5 caliber, weighing 6,400 M 

M pounds, and inscribed "Conde De Ezpeleta, 1808. m 

m No. 84q6-Sevilla 11 De Julio De 1848. Bronces g 

I Refundidos." It is an old Spanish piece, received M 

M at the New York Navy Yard Oct. 25, i8qq, from M 

M Cuba, by U. S. Army Transport "McPherson". m 

B The loan was acknowledged by His Excellency John M 

I L. Bates, Governor; the gun was received by the M 

M Sergeant-at-Arms in February, 1 903 ; also the bow g 

g ornament of the battleship "Massachusetts," loaned B 

g by the Navy Department, April 5, 1913, — the center | 

M in the form of a shield, ornamented by an eagle, and M 

I surrounded with elaborately wrought scroll work. g 

M * See Appendix. M 

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g The National and State flags carried by the Massa- M 

m chusetts veterans of the Civil War during the fiftieth g 

g anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, July i to 4, J 

M 1Q13, were placed in the custody of the Sergeant-at- M 

M Arms Sept. 3, iqi 3, by vote of the Governor and Coun- J 

M cil; a State flag, presented by Miss Fanny Brooks, of H 

m Milton, and accepted by the Executive Council on M 

g March 24, IQI 5; a National flag, of thirteen stars and B 

M thirteen stripes, once owned by Jeremiah Coney, of M 

I Charlestown, who served on the "Constitution" m 

M through the War of 1 8 1 2, — presented by Mrs. Alice J . B 

M Durgin, of Stoneham, Jan. 2, iqi8, and another flag of M 

g the same design, presented by Mrs. Clara A. Zoller, of g 

H Brighton, Oct. 24, iqiS; portraits of John Adams, H 

M second President of the United States, William Shirley, M 

M Esq., Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the J 

M Province of Massachusetts Bay and Sir William Pep- M 

g perrell, Bart., Colonel of one of His Majesties' Regi- M 

= ments of Foot, Lieutenant Governor and Commander- M 

I in-Chief, — presented by Mrs. Frederick Lewis Gay, M 

M of Annisquam, July ig, iqiS; also a hickory cane M 

M presented by Milton Robinson, a Kentucky slave, who m 

M escaped to Indiana; he came to Boston, enlisted in M 

M the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer In- g 

g fantry, and served throughout the war. The gift was M 

g accepted by His Excellency Eben S. Draper, Cover- M 

M nor, on June 30, igio. Mr. Robinson lived at the g 

M Soldiers' Home, Lafayette, Indiana, which stands near M 

g the battlefield of Tippecanoe, and from a grove on the J 

g edge of that battlefield he procured the hickory from M 

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M which the cane was made, and adorned it with its own | 

3 twigs, using the colors red, white and blue; it bears a M 

S carved National flag, and the initial of his company M 

m "F", with the number of the regiment. | 

g A sun dial was presented by The Right Honorable B 

M Earl Spencer, G. C. V. O., Althorp Park, North- g 

g ampton, England, through Hon. Walter Hines Page, B 

M Ambassador of the United States at the Court at St. M 

M James's. In his letter of transmittal, Dec. 26, igi 7, the | 

M Earl wrote that, — | 

g "About twenty years ago a sun dial was found cast away in g 

M the rick yard of one of the farm houses in Little Brington. not M 

g far from the Washington house in that village. This sun dial is in M 

g my possession and I think that there can be hardly any doubt of g 

= its having belonged to Robert Washington, who was uncle of the = 

g emigrant. John Washington. The arms are the same as those g 

g on the Washington memorial stones in Brington Church. The g 

g initials "R. E." under "W" all point to the sun dial having be- M 

g longed to Robert and Elizabeth Washington, and the date carved M 

g in the stone, '"1617". corroborates this theory, as both Robert M 

g and Elizabeth did not die until 1622 Naturally in M 

g three hundred years the original sun dial has become damaged. g 

g and some part of the escutcheon has been nearly worn away, but § 

g 1 have had the facsimile made as like as possible to what the M 

g original must have been in 161 7 . . . arid I wonder if I might g 

g have the pleasure of asking Your Excellency to accept this copy g 

g for transmission when possible (probably after the War), to the M 

g United States when perhaps it might be placed somewhere near S 

M those facsimiles given by my brother."! g 

g The sun dial was received by His Excellency Calvin M 

g Coolidge, Governor, July 8, iqiq. B 

M An American garrison flag, bunting, was presented M 

g to His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor, Decern- M 

g ! See page 39. g 

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M ber 22, 1920, through Walter A. Robinson, chairman | 

M of the Memorial Commission for Massachusetts Dead | 

I of the World war in Foreign Countries. This flag | 

M had covered the casket of a Massachusetts soldier | 

M and was conveyed to the Governor in behalf of the | 

M American Graves Registration Service in Europe, to | 

m express the gratification of this Service at the report | 

M of the Commission and at the thoughtfulness of the | 

M Commonwealth in providing for the examination they | 

m made. Governor Coolidge receiving it with "honor | 

M and with affection." | 

M In addition to the gifts indicated on page 103, | 

M there is a medal and a diploma awarded to Massachu- | 

I setts by the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, | 

B 191 5; four medals awarded to the State Department | 

M of Health: — Republique Francaise, Exposition Uni- | 

M verselle Internationale, iqoo, Bureau D'Hygiene De | 

B L'Etat De Massachusetts; Louisiana Purchase Expo- | 

M sition, 1Q04; Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, | 

M IQ05; International Congress on Tuberculosis, iqo8. | 

H Later gifts are a medal of honor presented by The | 

B Congress of the United States to Sergeant Benjamin | 

H H. J ellison, Company C, iqth Massachusetts Volunteer | 

M Infantry, for meritorious services during the battle of | 

M Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863, — given by Mr. Jelli- | 

M son Feb. i, iq2i; a mortar moulded in the winter of | 

g 1863-64 in front of Petersburg, Va., by George F. | 

I Bowles, of the 36th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; | 

M the mortar and carriage were made of bullets picked | 

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M up by him at the time, and were presented by his B 

M grandson, George Andrew Bowles, of Somerville, M 

M Feb, 17, IQ2I. B 

M Several departments have portraits of the gentle- M 

M nien who have presided over their offices, — Agricul- M 

M ture, Attorney General, Auditor, Education, Grand M 

M Army, Insurance, Public Safety, Secretary of the m 

g Commonwealth, Surgeon General, Tax Commissioner = 

g and Treasurer. The Senate and House of Represen- g 

g tatives have a number of group photographs, including g 

g one of the members of the House of 1885 and 1886, g 

g Hon. John Q. A. Brackett, Speaker, presented by H 

S Mrs. Brackett, July 11, ic)i8. M 

B The remaining portions of the building are de- M 

M voted to departments and committee rooms. In one M 

g of the latter — Senate committee on street railways, M 

I No. 433 — is a skylight on which have been painted M 

g the names of Adams, Pickering, Webster, 

g Cabot, Strong, Bates, Davis, Silsbee, Otis, 

I Vamum, Mason, Hoar, Lodge, Dawes, 

= Foster, Dexter, Rockwell, Everett, Sum- 



United 
States 
Senators 



g ner, Wilson, Boutwell, Goodhue, Washburn, Sedgwick, M 

g Rantoul, Winthrop, Choate, Dalton, Mills, Mellen, M 

g Ashmun, Gore, Lloyd, — United States Senators from M 

M Massachusetts. The door of this room contains glass M 

B panels with paintings of the "Mayflower, Plymouth, g 

I December XXI, MDCXX" and "Arbella, Salem, ■ 

I June XII, MDCXXX." | 

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I M The State coat-of-arms ornaments the balconies of M 

I m the east and west wings, and the Deme Street gate. M 

I g The coat-of-arms of Boston, England, is on the | 

I = Bowdoin Street gate; its heraldry is: — Sable. — Three ■ 

I = ducal coronets in pale, or. Crest. — On a woolpack, a B 

I M ram couchant, or. Supporters. — Two mermaids proper, B 

I = ducally crowned, or. g 

I I TABLET I 

I g (Placed near gates that mark the entrance to the Hancock Mansion. ) i M 

I g HERE STOOD THE RESIDENCE OF M 

I g JOHN HANCOCK M 

I ^ A PROMINENT AND PATRIOTIC = 

I M MERCHANT OF BOSTON, THE FIRST H 

I g SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OP g 

I M AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, AND g 

I ^ FIRST GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS g 

I M UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION. = 



g ERECTED 1737. REMOVED 1863. ^ 

H Just before going to press, a sword, with engraved J 

= scabbard, — worn by Thomas Jackson Gate, of Law- M 

g fence, Lieutenant in Company F, 6th Regt., Massa- M 

S chusetts Volunteer Infantry, during their march g 

I through Baltimore, April iq, i86i, — was presented M 

g by Mrs. Jesse M. Rutter, of Methuen, in behalf of M 

m Mrs. Thomas Jackson Cate, 2nd. It was accepted M 

g by His Excellency Channing H. Cox, Governor, on = 

H March 12, 1921. The deposit of this sword in the g 

g Senate Reception Room fulfills the wish of Lieutenant M 

m Cate^^that it be near the other relics of the 6th Regt. M 

g ^ See page 28. J 

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I I APPENDIX I 

I I ^ I 

I I JOHN G. B. ADAMS | 

I = Captain Nineteenth Regiment Massachusetts | 

I g Volunteer Infantry, Civil war; Messenger to M 

I J Electoral College, 1868; inspector, Boston Cus- | 

I J torn House, 1877-78; postmaster at Lynn, 1878 m 

I M — Dec. 15, 1884 (resigned); deputy super- = 

I g intendent Massachusetts Reformatory, 1885; g 

I m sergeant-at-arms Massachusetts Legislature, g 

I g 1886-Oct. ig, iqoo; commander-in-chief G. A. g 

I m R., i8g3-<)4- I 

I I SAMUEL ADAMS | 

I g Clerk House of Representatives; Colonial Leg- H 

I g islature, 1765-74; Continental Congress, 1774- g 

I g 81; signer Declaration of Independence; as- g 

I g sisted in framing State Constitution, 1780; g 

1 g president Senate, 1781-86, 1787-88; Council; g 

I g Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788; lieu- M 

I g tenant governor, 1789-94; governor, 1794-97. g 

I I OLIVER AMES | 

I g Senate, 1880; lieutenant governor, 1883-87; g 

I g governor, 1887-89. g 

I I JOHN A. ANDREW | 

I m House of Representatives, 1858; Republican H 

I g . National Convention, i860; "war governor" g 

I M of Massachusetts, 1861-65. B 

I I NATHANIEL P. BANKS | 

I g House of Representatives, 1849-52; speaker, g 

I g 1 85 1, 52; Senate, 1874; president State Consti- g 

I g tutional Convention, 1853; Congress, 1853-57, m 

I g 1865-73, 1875-77, 1889-91; speaker National g 

I m House of Representatives, 1855-57; governor, g 

I g 1858-60; major-general. Civil war; U. S. mar- g 

I g shal, 1879-88; presidential elector, 1892. B 

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I WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT 1 

g Captain Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer In- g 

M fantry, Civil war, 1861; colonel Forty-ninth M 

= Infantry, 1862; colonel Fifty-seventh Infantry, M 

5 1863; brigadier general, 1864; brevet major- g 

g general, 1865. g 

I JOHN L. BATES | 

g Boston Common Council, i8qi, qz; House of g 

g Representatives, i8Q4-<)q; speaker, 1897, q8, g 

M qq; lieutenant governor, iqoo, 01, 02; governor, g 

g 1Q03, 04; president. State Constitutional Con- g 

M vention, 1917, 18, iq. J 

I GEORGE S. BOUTWELL | 

g House of Representatives, 1842-44, 1847-50; g 

g bank commissioner, 1849-50; governor, 1851, g 

g 52; State Constitutional Convention, 1853; Re- g 

g publican National Convention, i860; secretary g 

g Board of Education, 1855-61; commissioner in- g 

g temal revenue, 1862, 63; Congress, 1863-69; g 

g secretary of treasury, 1869-73; U. S. Senate, g 

= 1873-77; codified Statutes at large, 1877; J 

g counsel for United States before French and g 

g American Claims Commission, 1 880. g 

I JAMES BOWDOIN | 

g General Court, 1753-56, 1769; Council, 1756, g 

g 1769, 1770-74; president Provisional Council, g 

g 1775; presided over State Constitutional Con- B 

g vention, 1780; governor, 1785-87; Massachu- g 

g setts Ratifying Convention, 1788, | 

I JOHN Q. A. BRACKETT | 

g Boston Common Council, 1873-76, president, g 

g 1876; judge advocate general. First Brigade, M 

m M. V. M., 1874; House of Representatives, g 

g 1877-81, 1884-86; speaker, 1885, 86; lieu- g 

I tenant governor, 1887, 88, 89; governor, 1890. g 

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I SIMON BRADSTREET 1 \ 

g Assistant judge first court in the Colony, 1630; g \ 

m agent and secretary of Massachusetts; gover- g \ 

J nor's assistant and commissioner to the United M \ 

g Colonies, 1650; agent for Colonies in England, g i 

g 1662; deputy governor, 1678-79; governor, g i 

g 1679-86; 1689-92. m \ 

I GEORGE N. BRIGGS | I 

m Register of deeds, 1824-31; Congress, 183 1- | i 

g 43; governor, 1844-50; State Constitutional g I 

g Convention, 1853; justice Court of Common g I 

g Pleas, 1853-59. g I 

I JOHN BROOKS | | 

J Colonel in Revolutionary army; major-general B [ 

m Massachusetts Militia; House of Representa- g f 

m tives; Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, g [ 

g 1788; Senate; Council; marshal and inspector g I 

m of revenue, 1795; adjutant-general, 181 2-1 5; g I 

g governor, 1816-23. g i 

I CHARLES BULFINCH | | 

g Architect. (See page 37.) B I 

I ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK g | 

g House of Representatives, 1845-48, 1861-65, B ^ 

g speaker, 1862-65; Senate, 1849; commissioner g I 

g of insolvency, 1853-56; judge of insolvency, g I 

m 1856-58; mayor of Worcester, 1859; governor, g I 

g 1866-68. m I 

I ANSON BURLINGAME | | 

B Senate, 1852; member of convention for revis- S | 

g ing State Constitution, 1853; Representative in g I 

g Congress, 1855-61; minister to China, 1861-67, B 1 

g when he framed articles supplementary to the B 1 

g treaty of 1858, which was China's , first formal g | 

g recognition of international law, and was known g I 

g as the Burlingame treaty; concluded in behalf g i 

g of China, treaties with United States, England, g I 

g Sweden, Prussia, Holland, Denmark. g I 

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I WILLIAM BURNET | | 

g Governor of New York and New Jersey, 1720- M | 

I 28; governor of Massachusetts, 1728-29; died in M I 

g office, September 2, 1729. g | 

I BENJAMIN F. BUTLER | | 

H House of Representatives and State Constitu- g I 

M tional Convention, 1853; Senate, 1859; Demo- M | 

g cratic National Convention, i860; major-general g | 

g in the Civil war; member of Congress 1867- g | 

g 75, ^'^77-7^', governor, 1883. g | 

I HENRY H. CHILDS | f 

I House of Representatives, 18 16 and 1827; State g | 

g Constitutional convention, 1820; lieutenant gov- g | 

g ernor, 1843, J | 

I WILLIAM CLAFLIN | | 

g House of Representatives, 1849-53; Senate, g | 

g 1860,61; president of Senate, 1861; Republican g | 

g National Executive Committee, 1864-72; chair- g | 

= man, 1868-72; lieutenant governor, 1866-68; g | 

g governor, 1869, 70, 71; Congress, 1877-81. g | 

I JOHN H. CLIFFORD | | 

g House of Representatives, 1835; district attorney, g | 

g 1839-49; Senate, 1845; attorney-general, 1849- | | 

g 53, 1854-58; governor, 1853; president Senate, g I 

g 1862. g I 

I DAVID COBB I I 

g Provincial Congress, 1775; officer of continental g \ 

g army; brevet brigadier general, 1783; judge g \ 

g Court of Common Pleas, 1784-96; speaker g I 

g House of Representatives, 1789-93; Congress, g | 

g 1793-95; Senate, eastern district of Maine; g | 

g president Senate, 1801-05; chief justice Han- g | 

g cock County (Maine) Court of Common Pleas, g | 

g 1803-09; lieutenant governor, 1809-10; Board g | 

I of Military Defence, 181 2; Council, 1808-10, g I 

g 1812-18. g I 

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1 CALVIN COOLIDGE | 

B Northampton City Council, iSqg, and City | 

M Solicitor, igoo, oi; Clerk of Courts, Hampshire g 

M County, 1Q03; House of Representatives, iqo/, g 

g 08; mayor, Northampton, iqio, 11; Senate, g 

I ic)i2, 13, 14, 15; president of Senate, 1(514,15; g 

S lieutenant-governor, iqi6, 17, 18; governor, g 

g igiQ-20; elected vice-president of the United g 

M States, Nov. 2, 1920; inaugurated March 4, 1921. g 

I CHANNING H. COX | 

B Boston Common Council, iqo8, oq; House of Rep- g 

g sentatives, iqio-iqiS; speaker, IQ15, 16, 17, 18; g 

g lieutenant-governor, iQiq, 20; governor, I q2 1- . g 

I WINTRHOP MURRAY CRANE | 

g Republican National Convention and National g 

g Committee, i8q2, i8q6, iqo4; lieutenant-gov- m 

g ernor, i8q7-iqoo; governor, iqoo, 01, 02; United g 

m States senator, I qo4-i 3. g 

I JOHN DAVIS I 

g Congress, 1825-34; governor, 1834, 35, 41, g 

g 42; U. S. Senate, 1835-41, 1845-53. g 

I DENYS DE BERDT | 

M A merchant of London engaged in American g 

g trade; agent for the colonies of Massachusetts g 

g and Delaware at the court of Great Britain g 

= during the passage and repeal of the Stamp Act. g 

I CHARLES DEVENS | 

M Senate, 1848, 4q; U. S. Marshal, i84q-53; briga- g 

g dier general and brevet major-general in Civil g 

g war; U. S. attorney-general, 1877-81; justice g 

g Supreme Judicial Court, 1873-77, i88i-qi. g 

I WILLIAM L. DOUGLAS | 

M Brockton Common Council, 1882, 83, qi; mayor, g 

g i8qo; House of Representatives, 1883, 84; g 

g Democratic National Convention, 1884, q2, q6, g 

g iqo4; National (gold) Democratic Convention, g 

g i8q6; Senate, 1886; governor, iqo5. g 

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I I REV. EDMUND DOWSE | 

I m Senate, i86q, 70; chaplain of Senate, 1880- g 

I M January 14, 1Q04. M 

I I EBEN S. DRAPER | 

i B Republican National Convention, i8q6; presi- J 

I M dent Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association g 

I M during Spanish American war; lieutenant gov- g 

I g emor, 1Q06, 07, 08; governor, iqoq, 10. M 

I I JOSEPH DUDLEY | 

I M Deputy, 1673-75; commissioner to treat with g 

1 g Narragansett Indians, 1675; assistant, 1676- g 

I g 85; agent in England, 1682; president of g 

I g Colony, May 25-Dec. 20, 1686; Council, 1686; M 

I g appointed chief justice Massachusetts Superior g 

I M Court, 1687; chief justice of New York, i6qo- g 

\ M Q3; governor, 1702-15. M 

1 I WILLIAM DUMMER | 

I M Lieutenant governor, 1716-30; acting governor, M 

I M 1722-28, 1 729-30; Council, 1738-39. g 

I I JOHN ENDECOTT | 

I B Governor, 1629-30, 1644-45, 1649-50, 1651-54, M 

I g 1655-65; Court of Assistants, 1630-34; con- g 

I g ducted expedition against Pequot Indians, 1636; g 

I m deputy governor, 1641-44, 1650-51, 1654-55; = 

I g major-general colonial troops, 1645. S 

I I WILLIAM EUSTIS | 

I g Revolutionary army; with expedition against g 

I g insurgents in Shay's rebellion, 1786-87; House g 

I g of Representatives, 1788-94; Council two years; = 

I g Congress, 1801-05, 1820-23; secretary of war, g 

I g 1809-12; U. S. minister to Holland, 181 5-18; g 

I g governor, 1823-25. g 

I 1 EDWARD EVERETT g 

I g Congress, 1825-35; governor, 1836-40; minister M 

ig to England, 1841-45; U. S. secretary of state, g 

I a 1852-53; U. S. Senate, 1853-54. g 

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I EUGENE N. FOSS | 

I Congress, iqio; governor, igii, iqi2, IQ13. B 

I BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | 

I Chosen clerk of Pennsylvania Assembly in 1736 B 

g and postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737; post- M 

g master-general 1753-54; colonial agent of Perm- M 

g sylvania in England, 1757-62, 1764-75; speaker g 

M of assembly; agent for New Jersey, Georgia m 

g and Massachusetts in Great Britain; Continental M 

m Congress, 1775-7^'. president of Pennsylvania m 

g Constitutional Convention, 1776; one of com- M 

= mittee of five to frame Declaration of Independ- M 

g ence; envoy from colonies to France, 1776; with M 

g Arthur Lee and Silas Deane concluded treaty M 

g with France, signed Feb. 6, 1778; commissioned M 

g February, 1779, first U, S. minister plenipoten- M 

g tiary at the French Court; with John Adams g 

g and John Jay concluded with England the treaty g 

g of Paris, Sept. 3, 1783; Council of Pennsylvania, g 

= 1785; president of Pennsylvania, 1786, 87, 88; g 

g Federal Constitutional Convention, May, 1787. g 

I THOMAS GAGE | 

M Governor of Montreal, 1760; commander-in- M 

g chief of British forces in North America, 1763- g 

g 72, 1775; governor, 1774; returned to England g 

g in 1775; general, 1783. g 

1 HENRY J. GARDNER | 

g Boston Common Council, 1850-54; House of B 

g Representatives, 1851, 52; State Constitutional g 

g Convention, 1853; governor, 1855, 56, ^7. m 

I WILLIAM GASTON | 

g City solicitor of Roxbury five years; mayor, m 

g 1861-62; mayor of Boston, 1871-72; House of g 

g Representatives, 1853, 54. 5^i Senate, 1868; g 

g governor, 1875. m 

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j I ELBRIDGE GERRY | 

I S Assembly of Massachusetts Bay, i77^, 73'. M 

I ( Provincial Congress, 1774, 75', Continental g 

I m Congress, 1777-80, 1783-85; House of Rep- m 

1 3 resentatives, 1785; U. S. Constitutional Con- g 

I B vention, 1787; Congress, 1789-93; commissioner g 

I B to France, 1797-98; governor, 18 10-12; vice- = 

I M president U. S. 181 3-14. m 

I I CHRISTOPHER GORE ' | 

f B Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788; U. S. g 

I m district attorney, 1789-96; commissioner to g 

I g settle American spoliation claims against Eng- g 

I m land, 1 796-1 804; charge d'affaires, 1803-04; g 

I M governor, 1809-10; U. S. Senate, 181 3-16; presi- g 

j M dential elector, 181 7, g 

I I FREDERIC T. GREENHALGE | 

I g Lowell Common Council, 1868, 69; school g 

I g committee, 1871-73; justice police court, 1874- g 

i g 84; commissioner of insolvency and mayor, = 

I g 1880-81; city solicitor, 1888; House of Repre- g 

I M sentatives, 1885; Congress, 1889-91; governor, g 

I g 1894-March 5, 1896. g 

I I CURTIS GUILD, Jr. | 

I M First Battalion Cavalry, A, Nov. i, 1891; g 

I g private, corporal; second lieutenant. May 7, g 

I g 1895; brigadier general, inspector general g 

I H Rifle Practice, Massachusetts, Jan. 7, 1897; g 

I g first lieutenant, adjutant. Sixth Regiment, g 

I g Apr. 22, 1898; resigned. Mar. 3, 1899; major- g 

I g general retired, Jan. 7, 1909; lieutenant- g 

I g colonel, inspector general, inspector general's g 

I g department. Seventh Army Corps, U. S. Vol- = 

I g unteers. May 9, 1898; resigned Feb. 23, 1899; g 

I g chairman Republican State Convention, 1895; = 

I g Republican National Convention, 1896; lieuten- M 

i g ant governor, 1903, 04, 05; governor, 1906, 07, g 

I g 08; ambassador to the Mexican Centennial, 1910; g 

I B ambassador to Russia, 191 1-191 3. g 

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I I JOHN HANCOCK | 

I g Selectman of Boston; General Assembly of B 

I g Province, 1766-72; Council; president Pro- g 

I g vincial Congress, 1774, 75; Continental Con- g 

I g gress, i775-§o; and its president, 1775-77: M 

I M first signer of Declaration of Independence; M 

I g major-general Massachusetts militia, 1776; M 

I M Speaker, 1779, 80; State Constitutional Conven- M 

I g tion, 1780; president Massachusetts Ratifying M 

I g Convention, 1788; first governor of Massachu- g 

I g setts under the State Constitution, 1780-85; g 

I g also 1787-93. g 

I I GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR | 

I g House of Representatives, 1852; Senate, 1857; g 

I g city solicitor of Worcester, i860; Congress, g 

I = 1869-77; U. S. Senate, 1877-1904; electoral g 

I g commission, 1876; presided over State Repub- g 

I g lican Convention 1871, 77, 82, 85; Republican g 

I g National Convention, 1876, 80, 84, 88, presiding g 

i M over convention of 1880. M 



JOSEPH HOOKER 

Captain First U, S. Artillery, 1842; Mexican 
war; brevet captain, 1846; brevet major and 
brevet lieutenant-colonel, 1847; brigadier gen- 
eral U. S. Volunteers, 1861, and major-general. 
May 5, 1862; brigadier general U. S. Army, 
Sept. 20, 1862; commander Army of the Poto- 
mac, 1863; brevet major-general U. S. Army, 
1865; mustered out as major-general U. S. 
Volunteers, 1866; retired as major-general U. S. 
Army, 1868. 



i MRS. ANNE MARBURY HUTCHINSON g 

g Came to Boston in 1634; took an active part in g 

g the religious thought of her time and because of = 

g her teachings, met trial in November, 1637, was g 

g excommunicated and banished from the colony. g 

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I THOMAS HUTCHINSON | 

H Selectman of Boston, 1737; House of Repre- g 

M sentatives, 1737-38, 1740-49; speaker, 174^ M 

m 48; commissioner to adjust boundary between g 

= Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 1740; to g 

M treat with Indians at Casco Bay, i74Q; Council, g 

g 1749; justice Court of Common Pleas; commis- g 

M sioner to Albany Congress, 1754; lieutenant m 

g governor, 1758-71; acting governor, 1760, g 

M 1769-71; chief justice Superior Court of Judi- g 

g cature, 1761-69; governor, 1771-74. g 

I JACOB KUHN I 

B Assistant messenger to the General Court, 1781- g 

H 86; messenger, 1786-183 5; elected messenger g 

m of convention that ratified Federal Constitution, g 

M Jan. Q, 1788. m 

I MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE (MARIE JEAN PAUL | 

1 ROCH IVES GILBERT MOTIER) | 

H Espoused cause of Americans at outbreak of g 

= Revolution; appointed major-general in Conti- g 

g nental Army, July 31, 1777- g 

I JOHN LEVERETT | 

= With expedition against Narragansetts ; deputy g 

M in General Court, 1651-53, 1663-65; speaker g 

M portion of the time; colonial agent in England, g 

B 1655-62; Council, 1665-71 ; major-general colonial g 

g militia, 1663-73; deputy governor, 1671-73; g 

g acting governor, 1672; governor, 1673-79; justice g 

g Superior Court of Judicature, 1702-08. g 

I ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 

B Appointed postmaster of New Salem, III., 1833; M 

M House of Representatives, 1834-35; elector on g 

a Whig ticket when Gen. William Henry Harri- g 

g son was candidate for president; Congress, g 

B 1846, serving one term; sixteenth president g 

1 U. S. 1861-ApriI 15. 1865. g 

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I I LEVI LINCOLN | 

I g Senate, 1 812-13; House of Representatives, g 

I g 1814-18, 1820-23; speaker, 1822-23; Conven- J 

I g tion to revise State Constitution, 1820; lieu- M 

I M tenant governor, 1823-24; justice Supreme M 

I m Judicial Court, 1824-25; governor, 1825-34; J 

I M Congress, 1836-41; collector port of Boston, M 

I g 1841-43; Senate, 1844, 45; president Senate, M 

I m 1845; presided over Electoral College, 1848; M 

I g also elector, 1823 and 1864. m 

I I JOHN D. LONG | 

[ -^ House of Representatives, 1875-78; speaker, B 

I J 1876, 77, 78; lieutenant governor, 1879; gov- = 

I g ernor, 1880-83; Congress, 1883-89; secretary = 

I g of the navy, 1 8g7-May i , 1 902 (resigned) . g 

I I HORACE MANN | 

I M House of Representatives, 1827-33; Senate, H 

I g 1833-37; president Senate, 1836, 37; secre- M 

I g tary Board of Education, 1837-48; Congress, g 

I I 1848-53. • I 

I I SAMUEL WALKER McCALL | 

I H House of Representatives, 1888, 8q, Q2;Repub- H 

I = lican National Convention, 1888, iqoo; Congress, M 

I g 1893-1913; governor, 1 916, 17, 18. g 

t I MARCUS MORTON | 

I g Clerk Senate, 1811-12; Congress, 18 17-21; M 

I g Council, 1823; lieutenant governor, 1824, 25 M 

I g (acting governor); justice Supreme Judicial g 

I g Court, 1825-40; governor, 1840, 43; collector, g 

I g port of Boston, 1845-48; State Constitutional g 

I g Convention, 1853; House of Representatives, M 

I 1 ^858. I 

I I THOMAS F. PEDRICK | 

I I Messenger, House of Representatives, 1884- J 

I g 1 901; assistant doorkeeper, 1 901-1904; door- g 

I B keeper, 1904-1910; sergeant-at-arms, Massa- g 

I m chusetts Legislature, 1910-Feb. 22, 1920. g 



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I I BENJAMIN T. PICKMAN | 

I = House of Representatives, 182Q-30; Senate, M 

I g 1831-35; president Senate, 1833, 34, 35. M 

I I ROBERT RANTOUL, Jr. | 

I I House of Representatives, 1835-38; Board of ( 

I g Education, 1837; U. S. District attorney, 1845- J 

I g 49; U. S. Senate, 1851; Congress, 1851-52. g 

I I DAVID T. REMINGTON | 

I I Corporal, Thirty first Regiment, Massachusetts M 

I m Volunteer Infantry, Civil war; Senate messen- M 

I g ger, i8QO-q3; Senate doorkeeper, i8g3-icp4; | 

I M sergeant-at-arms, Massachusetts Legislature, M 

I g iC)04-iqio. g 

I I ALEXANDER H. RICE | 

I M President Boston Common Council; mayor Bos- g 

I M ton, 1855-56; Congress, 1859-67; Philadelphia g 

I g "Loyalists" Convention, 1868; Republican Na- M 

I g tional Convention, 1868; governor, 1876, 77, 78. g 

I I GEORGE D. ROBINSON | 

I B House of Representatives, 1874; Senate, 1876; B 

i g Congress, 1877-84 (resigned); governor, 1884, m 

I 1 85, 86. i 

y I WILLIAM E. RUSSELL | 

I I Cambridge Common Council, 1882; alderman, g 

I g 1883,84; mayor, 1885-88; governor, 1891,92,93. g 

I I WILLIAM SCHOULER | 

I M House of Representatives, 1844-47, 1849-52; g 

I g clerk House of Representatives, 1853; State g 

I g Constitutional Convention, 1853; Senate, 1868; g 

I B adjutant-general, Ohio, 1857; adjutant-general, g 

I g Massachusetts, 1860-66. g 

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ROBERT GOULD SHAW 

Captain Second Regiment and colonel Fifty- 
fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer In- 
fantry in the Civil war. The Fifty-fourth was 
the first regiment of colored troops from a free 
State mustered into the United States service. 



NATHANIEL SILSBEE 

Congress, 1 817-21; House of Representatives, 
1 821; president Senate, 1823-26; U. S. Senate, 
1826-35; presidential elector, 1824 and 1836; 
president State Convention at Worcester, 1840; 
Presidential Convention, 1 840. 



REV. SAMUEL F. SMITH 

Clergyman; author of "My Country, 'tis of 
Thee," etc. 



I THOMAS GREELY STEVENSON 1 | 

g Major Fourth Battalion, Massachusetts Volunteer M | 

M Militia, 1861; colonel Twenty-fourth Massachur | I 

S setts Infantry, Civil war; promoted to brigadier m | 

g general of volunteers, 1862; commanded First g | 

M division, Ninth army corps, 1864; killed at ml 

M Spottsylvania, Va., May 10, 1864. | | 

I CALEB STRONG | I 

M General Court during Revolution; county attor- | | 

g ney, 1 776-1 800; State Constitutional Convention, g | 

M 1780; Senate, 1780-89; Council, 1780; U. S. g | 

M Constitutional Convention, 1787; Massachusetts m l 

B Ratifying Convention, 1788; U. S. Senate, g | 

g 1789-96; governor, 1800-07, 181 2- 16. g | 

I GEORGE C. STRONG | | 

B Graduated from West Point in 1857; appointed g | 

g lieutenant in the ordnance and assigned to the g | 

g command of Watervliet Arsenal; staff officer g | 

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under Generals McDowell, McClellan and Butler; 
commissioned brigadier general of volunteers, 
Nov. 2q, 1862; commanded a brigade in the 
operations against Charleston, S. C; mortally- 
wounded while leading the assault on Fort 
Wagner, July 18, 1863; appointed major gen- 
eral of volunteers to rank as such from that date; 
died in New York City, July 30, 1863. 



JAMES SULLIVAN 

Provisional Congress, 1775; justice, Supreme 
Judicial Court, 1776-82; State Constitutional 
Convention, 1780; Continental Congress, 1782; 
Council, 1787; judge of probate; attorney- 
general, 1790-1807; House of Representatives; 
commissioner to fix boundary between United 
States and Canada, 1796; governor, 1807-08. 



CHARLES SUMNER | 

U. S. Senate, 1851-March 11, 1874; abolitionist; g 

took part in Free Soil Convention at Lowell, g 

1852; State Constitutional Convention, 1853. m 



i INCREASE SUMNER 

H Convention of 1777; State Constitutional Con- 

J vention, 1780; House of Representatives, 1776- 

M 7Q; Senate, 1780-82; justice Supreme Judicial 

g Court, 1782-97; one of Commission on Revision 

= of State Laws, 1785; Massachusetts Ratifying 

M Convention, 1788; governor, 1797-99. 



I THOMAS TALBOT | 

M House of Representatives, 1851, 52; State Con- M 

M stitutional Convention, 1853; Council, 1864-69, J 

M lieutenant governor, 1873, 74; acting governor g 

g from May i, 1874; presidential elector, 1876 g 

m and 1884; governor, 1879. m 

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I GARDINER TUFTS | 

B House of Representatives, 1861; military agent g 

g of Massachusetts at Washington, 1862-70; in- m 

g spector of military hospitals and prisons for m 

M department of Washington, 1863; assistant g 

B provost marshal, with rank of lieutenant- M 

H colonel, 1864; treasurer Reformatory Prison j 

B for Women; superintendent State Primary School | 

g at N4onson; superintendent Massachusetts Re- b 

g formatory, 1884-qi. M 

I DAVID I. WALSH | 

I House of Representatives, iqoo, iqoi ; Demo- m 

= cratic National Convention, 1912; lieutenant m 

B governor, IQ13; governor, ic)i4, 15; U. S. Senate, B 

B iqiq — ; State Constitutional Convention, 1917, | 

1 18, ig. m 

I GEORGE WASHINGTON | 

B Adjutant Virginia troops, 1751; lieutenant- | 

g colonel, 1754; Virginia House of Burgesses and M 

M Continental Congress, 1774-75; commander- g 

B in-chief continental forces, 1775-83; president g 

B Constitutional Convention, 1787; deputy from g 

B Virginia; first president U. S., 1789-1797; g 

B lieutenant-general and commander-in-chief of g 

B army, 1798. g 



I B EMORY WASHBURN 

I M House of Representatives, 1826-27, 38, 77; 

I g Senate, 1841, 42; aide on staff of Governor Lin- 

1 B coin, 1830-34; judge Court of Common Pleas, 

i g 1844-47; Board of Education; governor, 1854. 



I WILLIAM B. WASHBURN I 

g Senate, 1850; House of Representatives, 1854; g 

g Congress, 1862-72; governor, 1872-May i, 1874 g 

g (resigned); U. S. Senate, 1874-75- g 

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DANIEL WEBSTER 

State Constitutional Convention and presidential 
elector, 1820; House of Representatives, 1822; 
Congress, from New Hampshire, 181 3-1 7; from 
Massachusetts, 1823-27; U. S. Senate, 1827-41, 
1845-50; U. S. secretary of State, 1841-43, 
1850-52. 



HENRY WILSON 

House of Representatives, 1841, 42, 46, 50; 
Senate, 1844, 45; president Senate, 1851, 52; 
State Constitutional Convention, 1853; U. S. 
Senate, 1855-73 (resigned); vice-president U. S., 
1873-75- 



JOHN ANCRUM WINSLOW 

Appointed midshipman in the Navy 1827; lieu- 
tenant 1 839; served in the Mexican war; com- 
mander 1855; captain 1862; commodore 1864 
and promoted to rear admiral in 1870. As 
commander of the U. S. S. "Kearsarge," he 
defeated the Confederate cruiser "Alabama," 
Captain Raphael Semmes, outside the harbor 
of Cherbourg, France, June iq, 1864. 



I JOHN WINTHROP • | 

M Deputy governor, 1636-37, 1644-46; governor, B 

g 1630-34, 1637-40, 1642-44, 1646-49. = 

I ROGER WOLCOTT | 

g Boston Common Council, 1877-80; House of M 

J Representatives, 1882-85; lieutenant-governor, M 

J 1893-97 (acting governor from March 5, 1896); M 

m governor, 1897, 98, 99. g 

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Adams. John, 48. 114. 130. 

Adams, Captain John G. B.. 3, 60, 1 16, 
122; portrait (Darius Cobb), 123; 
biography, 135. 

Adams, Samuel. 7, 49, 86, 106, 121; 
medallion, 51; portrait (Walter Gil- 
man Page), qo; biography, 135. 

Adjutant General's Department, — 
military records since 1780. photo- 
graphs, portrait, 56. 

Alexander, Francis, artist, qj- 

American Graves Registration Com- 
mission, 132. 

American Humane Education Society. 
127. 

Ames, Mrs. Adelbert, 45. 

Ames, Joseph, artist, 105. 

Ames, Oliver, 15; portrait (Charles A. 
Whipple), 45; bust (Robert Kraus), 
79; biography. 135. 

Ames. Mrs. Oliver, 45, jq. 

Ames, Mrs. Sarah F., sculptor, 93. 

Andrew, John A., 27. q2, 114; statue 
(Thomas Ball), dedication, 36; por- 
trait (Darius Cobb). 44; address on 
battle flags, 58; biography. 135. 

Andrew, John F.. 44. 

Animals in the World war. 127. 128. 

Appleton, Gen. Francis H., 105. 

Appropriations, — Land, 6; Bulfinch 
State House, 7 ; first fire proof edifice, 
11; Bryant addition, 12; Washburn 
alterations, 13; property takings, 13, 

14, iq; extension, 14; grounds, 20; 
preservation of Bulfinch State House, 

15, 16; Memorial Hall, jq; wings. 
18, iq, 20; total, 21. 

Architects. — Andrews, David H., ly; 
Andrews, Robert D.. 15, 17, 18; 
Bacon, Henry. 120; Brigham, 
Charles, 14, 15; Bryant, Gridley J. 
F., 12. 13. q4; Bulfinch, Charles, 7, 
8,32,36,86,115; Chapman, William, 
17, 18, 20; Cummings, Charles A., 
15; Esty, Alexander R., 13; Everett, 
Arthur G., 15, 16; Parris, Alexander, 
q; Rogers, Isaiah, 10; Spofford.John 
C., 15; Sturgis, R. Clipston, 17, 18; 
Washburn & Son, William, 1 3 ; Whit- 
comb, E. Noyes. 15; Willard, Solo- 
mon, 10. 

Architecture, Doric, 32, 36, 92; Ionic, 
47, q4; Corinthian, 23, 86, 113; 
cathedral, glass 46, 47. 57, 83. 84. 85, 
112. 113. 121, 133; cornice, 23, 57, 
qz; wood. 23. 103, 113; frieze, 
1 1 3-1 15; ceilings. 57. 92, 112, 113, 
121. 

Archives, State. 1 10, 1 1 1. 

Army Nurses' Memorial (Bela L. 
Pratt), dedication, 54-56. 



Army Nurses* Memorial Association 
Daughters of Veterans, 54-56. 

Art Commission, State, 17, 18, i2q. 

Baker, S. Burtis, artist, qi. 

Ball. Thomas, sculptor. 36. 

Banks. Nathaniel P.. 24, 28, iiq; 
statue (Henry H. Kitson), dedica- 
tion, 31; portrait (Daniel J. Strain). 
44; biography. 135. 

Barrows. Frank E.. 102. 

Barry. Edward P.. 18. 

Bartlett. Major General William Fran- 
cis, 114; statue (Daniel Chester 
French), dedication. 78, 79; biogra- 
phy. 136. 

Bates, John L., 16, 30, 78, 8q, iiq; 
portrait (William W. Churchill), 91; 
biography, 136. 

Bayard, Thomas F.. 112. 

Beacon Hill. 5, 6, 33; Place, 14. 

Beacon Monument, 5; history, 31-33; 
architect (Charles Bulfinch), 32; in- 
scription (Charles W. Eliot). 33; 
tablets, 34, 35. 

Beatty, James, 4, 122. 

Belden, Charles F. D., 4. 

Benson, Frank W., artist, 45, 97. 

Bernard, Francis, 32, 85. 

Bicknell, Albion H., artist, 90. 

Bill, Richard, portrait (Henry E. Kin- 
ney, ), 91. 

Bill, Ledyard, 91. 

Boston, Town of, 6, 33 ; Town House, 
47. 48, 116, 123; Council Chamber, 
48. 

Boston Water Commissioners, 123. 

Boutwell, George S., portrait (Freder- 
ick P. Vinton), 44; bust (Martin 
Milmore),93; biography, 136. 

Bowdoin, James, 86; portrait (Edmund 
C. Tarbell), 96; biography, 136. 

Bowles, George F.. 132. 

Bowles, George Andrew, 133. 

Brackett, John Q. A., 119, 133; portrait 
(Walter Gilman Page), 45 ; biography, 
136. 

Brackett. Mrs. John Q. A., 133. 

Brackett. Walter M., artist. 44; painted 
Codfish. 1 16. 

Bradford. William, 112, 114; "History 
of Plimoth Plantation", 112. 

Bradstreet, Simon, portrait. 95. 97; 
biography. 137. 

Brady, Matthew B., artist, 91. 

Briggs, George N., portrait (Walter M. 
Brackett), 44; biography. 137. 

Brooks, Miss Fannie. 1 30. 

Brooks. Francis, 96. 

Brooks, John, portrait (Jacob Wagner), 
96; biography, 137. 

Brooks, Peter C, 96. 



1 1 



INDEX 



Brooks. Richard E., sculptor, 79. Q3. 

Brooks, Shepherd. q6. 

Bryant, Wallace, artist, 105. 

Budd, F, W., qq. 

Bulfinch, Charles, 5, 86; architect, 7, 8. 

23, 32, 36, 86, 115; tablet, 37; por- 
trait, 8q; biography. 37. 
Bulfinch, Ellen S., 8q. 
Bullock, Alexander H., iiq; portrait 

(Horace R. Burdick). 44; biography, 

137. 
Bullock, A. G., 44- 
Bullock, Mrs. Elvira Hazard, 44- 
Bunker Hill Monument Association, 33. 
Burdick, Horace R., artist, 44. 
Burlingame, Anson, portrait (Matthew 

B. Brady), qi; biography, 137. 
Burnet, William, portrait, qj, q?; biog- 
raphy, 138. 
Busts. 7q. q3. 112. 
Butler. Major General Benjamin P.. 8q; 

portrait (Walter Gilman Page). 45; 

biography, 138. 
Butler arms, 3q. 

Buttrick, Major, John, i6, 77. q8. 
Buttrick. James G. and Martha M.. q8. 
Caliga. I. Henry, artist. q7. 
Carriage way. 8. 
Cary. Richard. 8q. 
Chantrey, Sir Francis, sculptor. 36. 
Charters, 84, 85, 88, 1 10. 
Childs, Henry H., portrait (Moses 

Wight), 117; biography, 138. 
Churchill, William W., artist, qi. 
Cincinnati, Society of the, motto, 26. 
Claflin, William, portrait (J. Harvey 

Young), 45. 107; biography, 138. 
Clapp, E. Herbert, portrait, 108. 
Clapp, Mrs. Elizabeth G., 108. 
Claus, W. A. J., artist, q7. 
Clifford, John H., 12, 107; portrait 

(Benoni Irwin), q7; biography, 138. 
Clifford, Mrs. Sarah Parker, q7. 
Coat-of-arms, State, 2q, 47, 85, q2, q4, 

102, 113, 115, 134; description, loq; 

heraldry, loq, iio; motto, loq; U.S. 

shield, 32, 115; 13 original states, 57; 

Westphalia. q8; Boston, England. 

134. 
Cobb. Darius, artist. 44. 123. 
Cobb. Cyrus, sculptor, q3. 
Cobb. David, 106, 118; portrait (Edgar 

Parker), 105; biography, 138. 
Cobb, Samuel C., 105. 
Codfish, 1 15-1 17. 

Cole, Elizabeth Lowell Hancock, 4'2- 
Colonial Wars, Massachusetts Society 

of, 87. 
Commonwealth Building, 13. 
Coney, Jeremiah, 130. 
Coolidge, Calvin, 68, 6q, 70, 102, 127, 

128, 131, 132, i3q. 
Coolidge, Mrs. Calvin, 68. 
Copenhagen, Denmark, loq. 
Copley's Hill, 5. 
Copley. J. Singleton, qo, qi, q6, 1 15. 



Corner Stone, Bulfinch State House, 7, 
12; extension, 15; east wing, 18. 

Corner, Thomas C, artist. 56. 

Cotton Hill, 5. 

Council, 8, 18, loq; photographs, 8q. 

Council Chamber, old. 48; Bulfinch, 
86; ornamentation, 86; chairs, 117. 

Couper, William, sculptor, 53. 

Cox, Channing H., i3q. 

Coxeter, Dr. John J., 103. 

Crafts. Jr.. Thomas, painted Codfish, 
1 16. 

Cram. Ralph Adams, 81. 

Crajne, Winthrop Murray, portrait 
(Frederick P. Vinton, William W. 
Churchill), qi ; biography, i3q. 

Cupola, The, dimensions, 22; history, 
23, 25. 

Curtis, S. Greely, 28. 

Dallin, Cyrus E., sculptor, I2q. 

Davis, Andrew McFarland, 97. 

Davis, George Henry, q7. 

Davis. Horace, qy. 

Davis. Captain Isaac. 36. 

Davis. John. qy. 

Davis, John, portrait, q7', bas-relief. 
qy; biography, ijq. 

Davis. John Chandler Bancroft, q?. 

Dawes. Thomas. 5. 6. 

Day, Robert L., qq. 

De Berdt, Denys. portrait. 8q; coat-of- 
arms. 8q; biography. I3q. 

Departments, portraits in. 133. 

Devens. Major General Charles. 114; 
statue (Olin L. Warner). 31; biog- 
raphy. i3q. 

De Camp. Joseph, artist, qi. 

Dewey. Admiral George. 103. 

Dome. The. dimensions. 22; history. 
23-25; copper for. 23. 24; painted. 
23; gilded, 25; electric lights on, 25. 

Dominica, Republic of, 1 12. 

Doric Hall, architecture, 36. 124; por- 
traits, statuary, tablets, war relics, 
36-45. 

Douglas, William L., portrait (Arthur 
M. Hazard), qi ; biography, i3q. 

Dowse, Rev. Edmund, portrait (Wal- 
lace Bryant), 105; biography. 140. 

Dowse, William B. H., 105. 

Draper, Eben S., 31, 53, 120, 130; por- 
trait (Joseph De Camp), qi; biog- 
raphy, 140. 

Dudley, Joseph, portrait (Lyle Durgin), 
q5; biography, 140. 

Du Boisrouvray, Ctesse, 103. 

Duff, Sir M. E. Grant, 2. 

Dummer, William, portrait (Frederick 
P. Vinton), q^; biography, 140. 

Dummer Academy. q5. 

Durgin. Mrs. Alice J.. 130. 

Durgin. Lyle. artist. q5. 

Eagle, 32, 33, q2. 

Eaton, Charles O.. 5q. 

Eliot. Charles W.. LL.D.. inscriptions 
by. 27, 33. 



INDEX 



1 1 1 



Endecott, John. 114; portrait, qj. qz; 

biography, 140. 
Endicott, Henry. 15. 
Endicott, Henry Bradford, 128. 
Eustis, William, 6; portrait (Henry 

Williams), qj; biography, 140. 
Evans & Company, John, 81. 
Everett, Edward, ^q, 114; portrait 
(Philip L. Hale), qo; biography, 140. 
Executive Department, 86-qi; relics, 
8q; records, iio; portraits and 
photographs. 8Q-qi. 
Felton. Cornelius Conway, 28. 
Fences, wood, brick, stone, 8, q; iron. q. 
Ferguson, Frank W.. 81. 
Findlay. John L.. artist. 124. 
First Church, The old, 122. 
Flags, — Colonial. 87; Provincial. 87; 
Revolutionary War. 51, 87. 88, qq, 
100; War of 1812, 100. 130; Mexican 
War, loi, 102; Civil War, 57-67, 
102, 130; Spanish-American War, 
46; permanently located, 46, 60; 
World War, 68-75, i3^; National, 
3q, q2. qq-i02. 115. 130-132; laws 
for construction. 100. loi; State. 88. 
8q. q2. 115, 130; description, 88, 8q; 
Flag day, loo; Service, 126; Bay 
State Light Infantry, 102. 
Foot way, 8. 
Foss, Eugene N., 18. 42; biography. 

141. 
Fountains, 2q. 
Fowle, George M., 100. 
Fowle, George W., 100. 
Fowle, Jonathan. 100. 
Francis. James "Dwight. 78. 
Franklin. Benjamin. 100. 115; bust 
(Horatio Greenough), q3 ; biography, 
141. 
Freestone, 10, 11. 
French, Daniel Chester, sculptor, 2q, 

78, 113, 120. 
Frothingham, Miss Eugenia, 127. 
Frothingham, Rev. Paul Revere, 41 , 82. 
Fuller, Stephen P.. surveyor. 10. 
Gage. General Thomas. 32. 50, 77; 

portrait. q6; biography. 141. 
Gage, Admiral Sir William Hall, q6. 
Gallego, Michael, sculptor, q3. 
Gardner, Henry J.- 12.; portrait (Jean 

Paul Selinger), 44; biography, 141. 
G. A. R.. Wilson Post No. i. Depart- 
ment of Maryland, qq. 
Gaston. William, portrait (Frederick P. 

Vinton), 45; biography, 141. 
Gaston, Mrs. William, 45. 
Gaston. William A.. 45. 
Gates. 8. q. 

Gay. Mrs. Frederick Lewis. 130. 
General Court, 7, 8, 117. 121; records. 
1 1 1 ; political year. 117; Doorkeep- 
ers. Messengers. Sergeants-at-Arms 
since 1644. 12.2; sessions, where 
held. 121, 122; Messenger's house, 
7, 123, 



Gerry, Elbridge. portrait (Henry Sand- 
ham), q6; biography, 142. 
Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's, 43. 
Gibbs, Mrs. Ida Louise, 88. 
Gifford, Stephen N., portrait. 108. 
Gilbert, Dr. D. D., q^. 
Gore, Christopher, portrait (Mrs. 
Marie Danforth Page), qo; biog- 
raphy, 142. 
Gore, Samuel, 116. 
Governor's Pasture, 6, 21. 
Granite. — 8, q, 10, 12, 26, 28, 2q, 31. 
Grant, General Ulysses S., 102. 
Greenhalge. Frederick T., bust (Samuel 
J. Kitson), 79; portrait (W. A. J. 
Claus), q7; biography, 142. 
Greenough, Horatio, sculptor. q3. 
Greenough. Horatio S.. q3. 
Grenville. E. C, qo. 
Griffin's Wharf, 4q. 
Griffith, Thomas B., 102. 
Groton Public Library, 44. 
Guild, Curtis, 30, 56, 78. 8q, 113, 120; 
memorial, 80-83; portrait (S. Burtis 
Baker), qi; biography. 142 
Guillaume, Louis Matthieu Didier. 

105. 
Hale, Philip L., artist, qo. 
Hale, Rev. Edward Everett, qo. 
Hancock, John. 6, 86, 121; "Governor's 
pasture", 6, iq; mansion, iq, 20, 28; 
memorial. 41; medallion, 51; portrait 
(Walter Gilman Page), qo; tablet, 
134; biography. 143. 
Hancock, John, 33. 
Hardie, Robert Gordon, artist. 44. 
Harding, Chester, artist, q7, 105. 
Hayti, Republic of, 112. 
Hazard. Arthur M.. artist, qi. 
Heard, John T.. 1 1 . 
"History of Plimoth Plantation," 

William Bradford, 1 12. 
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, i. 
Holt. Charles O.. Sergeant-at-Arms. 4, 

122. 
Hoar, George F., 112; bust (Daniel 
Chester French), dedication. 113; 
biography. 143. 
Hooker. Major General Joseph, statue 
(Daniel Chester French and Edward 
C. Potter). 2q; dedication. 30; biog- 
raphy. 143. 
Horton, Rev. Edward A., 52, 56. 
House of Representatives, 1 13-1 15. 121, 
122; coat-of-arms in old, q2; seats. 
117; old chamber. 8. q2. q4, 124; 
new chamber, 11 3-1 17; Codfish, 
1 1 5-1 17; photographs of Speakers 
since 1780, 118, iiq. 
Howarth, John, 103. 
Hunt. James, housewright, 10. 
Hutchinson. Mrs. Anne Marbury. I2q, 

143- 
Hutchinson, Thomas, 48, 50, 85; por- 
trait (Walter Gilman Page), qb; 
biography, 144. 



IV 



INDEX 



Hutchinson, Samuel K., ii, 12. 

Ipsen, Ernest L., artist, q6. 

Irwin, Benoni, artist, 97. 

Jarvis. Charles. 6. 

Jellison, Benjamin H., 132. 

Johnston, John, artist, qb. 

Jones, John Coffin, 6, 118. 

Jones, Seward W.. 31, 53. 

Key, Francis Scott, loi. 

King's Mountain, N. C, 8q. 

Kinney, Henry E., artist, qi. 

Kitson, Henry H., sculptor. 31. 

Kitson, Samuel J., sculptor, jq. 

Knox, Joseph H., qq. 

Kraus, Robert, sculptor, jq. 

Kuhn, Jacob, 123; portrait, 122; biog- 
graphy, 144. 

Lafayette, Marquis De, bust (Horatio 
Greenough), q3; biography, 144. 

Lawrence, A. A., q3. 

Lawrence, George P., 15, 16. 

Lawrence, Myron, portrait (Edwin 
White), 106. 

Lely, Sir Peter, artist, qj. 

Leverett, John, portrait, qj, qj; biog- 
raphy. 144. 

Lewis. Dorothy Standish, 55. 

Lewis, Winslow, M.D., 12. 

Lincoln, Abraham, memorial, 42; dedi- 
cation, 42; Gettysburg address, 43; 
portrait (Albion H. Bicknell), qo; 
bust (Mrs. Sarah F. Ames), q3 ; biog- 
raphy, 144. 

Lincoln, Jr., Frederic Walker, 28. 

Lincoln, Levi, q, 24, 107, 118; portrait 
(Frank W. Benson), q?; biography, 
145. 

Little, William. 6. 

Long, John D.. 14, ij.qi.qq. 102. 103. 
iiq; portrait (Edgar Parker), qi; 
biography, 145. 

Longfellow. Henry Wadsworth, 50, 1 15. 

Lord Bishop of London, 1 12. 

Lord Chief Justice of England, John 
Duke Lord Coleridge, 2. 

Lothrop, Rev. Samuel K., 28, 58. 

Lowell, James Russell, 26, 1 1 5. 

Lynch. Mrs. Mary, 105. 

Mt. Vernon, 5. 

Mann, Horace, 106. 114; statue (Emma 
Stebbins). dedication, 28. 2q; biog- 
raphy, 145. 

Marble. Varieties of. iq, 23, 26, 47, 57, 
7q, 80, 81, 86. 120. 

Marshall. Augustus. 108. 

Masons, Grand Lodge of, 7, 12, 15. 

Massachusetts Historical Society, qb. 

Massachusetts Society for the Preven- 
tion of Cruelty to Animals, 127. 

McCall, Samuel W., 82, 103, 126; por- 
trait (Edmund C. Tarbell), qi ; biog- 
raphy, 145. 

Medals, Exposition, 132. 

Memorial Hall, 57-80, q4; architec- 
ture. ^7; battle flags, mural paint- 
ings, statuary. 57-80. 



Memorial Hall. Cambridge, qo. 

Merrill. William E., 8q. 

Merwin, Henry C, 1 17. 

Messenger's house, 7, 123. 

Meyer, George von L., 15, i iq. 

Military map. World War, 126. 

Milmore, Martin, sculptor, q3. 

Morton, Marcus, portrait (Robert 
Gordon Hardie). 44; biography, 145. 

Morton. Marcus. 44. 

Morton. Perez. 6, 118. 

Music Hall, 28. 

Museum of Fine Arts, qo. 

Newton, Stuart, artist, qo. 

O'Connell, William H., Cardinal, 83. 

Old South Church, 4Q. 

Olin. William M.. 52. loq. 

Orlandini. Edward. 82. 

Osborn. General Francis A.. 52. 

Osgood. Charles, artist. 105. 

Otis. Harrison Gray. 6. 106, 1 18. 

Otis, James. 47-49. 121. 

Page. Mrs. Marie Danforth, artist, qo. 

Page, Walter Gilman, artist, 45, qo, qb. 
I2q. 

Page, Walter Hines, 131. 

Paintings, Mural, — "The Writs of 
Assistance", "The Boston Tea 
Party", "Paul Revere's Ride" 
(Robert Reid), 47-52; "The Pil- 
grims on the Mayflower", "John 
Eliot Preaching to the Indians" 
(Henry Oliver Walker), 76; "Con- 
cord Bridge", "The Return of the 
Colors" (Edward Simmons), 77. 

Parker, Edgar, artist, qi, 105. 

Parker. Herbert, 3 i , 82. 

Parker, Captain John. q2. 

Parker. Rev. Theodore. q2. 

Pedrick, Thomas F., Sergeant-at-Arms, 
4, 18, 55, 122; State House Commis- 
sioner, 16, 20; portrait (John L. 
Findlay), 124; biography. 145. 

Pemberton Hill, 5. 

Pepperrell, Sir William, 130. 

Photographs, 106-108, 118. iiq, 133. 

Pickman, Benjamin T., 106; portrait 
(Charles Osgood) ,105; biography, 1 46. 

Plimoth Plantation, Manuscript His- 
tory of (William Bradford), 1 12. 

Pond. Joseph A., 12. 13, 107. 

Porter, Noah, mason, 10. 

Portraits, 44. 45. 56, 8q-qi. q5-q8, 105, 
1 12. 1 17, 123, 124, 131. 

Post Office. 113. 

Potter. Edward C. sculptor. 2q. 

Powell. Jeremiah. q8. io6. 

Powers. Hiram, sculptor, 28. 

Pratt, Bela L., sculptor, 52, 54. 

Prospect Hill, Somerville, 87. 

Putnam, General Israel, 87. 

Quincy, First Church of Christ. q8. 

Rantoul, Jr., Robert, portrait (Joseph 
Ames), 105; biography, 146. 

Recchia, Richard, 81. 

Reid. Robert, artist. 47-52. 



INDEX 



Remington. David T.. portrait (John 
L. Findlay), 123; biography, 146. 

Republics. Names of. 46. 

Republican Institution. The. q/. 

Revere. Paul. 7. 23. 24. 47. 50. 51, 77. 

Revolution, Daughters of the American. 
Hannah Goddard Chapter, qq. 

Revolution. Sons of the American, Bos- 
ton Chapter, 87. 

Revolution, Sons of the. Massachusetts 
Society. 41. 87. 

Rice. Alexander H., portrait (I. Henry 
Caliga). q7; biography, 146. 

Rich, Isaac, q3. 

Richards, Joseph R., 12. 

Ricketson, Catherine, 53. 

Ridgway, James, qo. 

Robbins, Edward Hutchinson, 5, 118. 

Robinson, George D., portrait (Daniel 
J. Strain), 45; biography. 146. 

Robinson, Milton, 1 30. 

Robinson. Mrs. Sara T. D.. 106. 

Robinson. Walter A.. 132. 

Rogers, Major Charles O.. 28. 

Ross. Mrs. Betsy, flag, 100. 

Rowe, John, iiy, 116. 

Rowley, Dr. Francis H., 127. 

Rumney, Thomas M., 103. 

Russell. Joseph. 6. 

Russell. William E.. bust (Richard E. 
Brooks), 7C)\ portrait (Edmund C. 
Tarbell),qi; biography. 146. 

St. Gaudens. Augustus, sculptor, 25. 

Sandham, Henry, artist, qo. q6. 

Sanger, Lieutenant Colonel. Donald B., 
126. 

Schaff, Morris, 78. 

Schouler, James, 56. 

Schouler, William. Adjutant General, 
portrait (Thomas C. Corner), 56; 
biography, 146. 

Scollay. William. 7. 

Scott. Thomas. q8. 

Scott, Lieutenant General Winfield, 
101. 

Seals. — "Plimouth Nov Anglia." 46; 
"Mattachusets Bay in Nova Ang- 
lia." 46; Colony. 47. 84, 85, 88; 
Province, 84, 85; Magna Charta, 85. 
loq; State. 85; Great seal. loq. 

Secretary of the Commonwealth, 4, 8, 
loq-iii; Great seal and coat-of- 
arms, loq, 1 10; Colony and Province 
charters, iio; State constitution. 
1 10; military archives to 1783. iio, 
in; executive and legislative rec- 
ords, 1 10; papers on treaties, witch- 
craft, grants, surveys, 1 1 1. 

Selinger, Jean Paul, artist. 44. 

Senate, old chamber, 8, q4-i04. 124; 
chairs. 117; temporary chamber. q4; 
new chamber, q2-q4; busts, war 
relics, q2, q8, qq, 103, 104; relics. 
102, 103, 132; photographs of Presi- 
dents since 1780. 106-108; portraits, 
q5-q8, 105; reading room, 103; re- 
ception room, q4-i04. 



Senate Staircase Hall, architecture, 
paintings, statuary. 47-56. 

Sentry Hill. 5. 

Sergeant-at-Arms' Department, door- 
keepers and messengers. 1644- 183 5, 
sergeants-at-arms. i83 5-iq2i. por- 
traits. 122-124; flags, relics, 130-132. 

Sharpe. Samuel. 84. 

Shaw. Mrs. Hannah (Bartlett) Griffith. 
102. 

Shaw, Colonel Robert Gould, memorial 
(Augustus St. Gaudens), dedication, 
25-27; biography, 147; Society of 
the Cincinnati, motto of, 26. 

Sherburne, Colonel John H., 103. 104. 

Sherburne. Mrs. John H.. 103. 126. 

Shirley. Sir William. 130. 

Silsbee. Nathaniel, 106; portrait (Ches- 
ter Harding), 105; biography. 147. 

Simmons. Edward, artist, 77. 

Smith, Frank Hill, artist, 113, 121. 

Smith, Rev. Samuel F., bust (Cyrus 
Cobb), q3; biography, 147. 

Spear, Samuel, 33. 

Spencer, The Right Honorable. Earl, 
3Q- 

Spencer, The Right Honorable Earl. 
G. C. V. 0.,i3i. 

Stark. Brigadier General John. q8. 

State House, history. 2. 5-22; Old State 
House. 7. 8q. q7. 116. 123. 126; Bul- 
finch building. 2, 5-8, i6, iq, 23. 123. 
124. 126; agents. 5; original deed. 6; 
dimensions, 7. 10. 22; preservation. 
15. 16. 25. q4; fences. 8. q; survey of 
yard, q. 10; property takings. 13. 14. 
iq; original lot and present holdings. 
12; first fireproof edifice. 10. 11; 
Bryant addition. 11. 12. 124; Wash- 
burn alterations. 12, 13; extension. 
14. 15; wings. 16-20; grounds. 20; 
description of exterior. 23. 24; corner 
stones. 7. 12. 15. 18; tablets,. 37; 
commissions, 11, 12, 14-20. 

State House Commission, — Thomas 
F. Pedrick, Albert P. Langtry, Elmer 
A. Stevens, 16-20; Charles L. Bur- 
rill, 20; 126. 

State House Building Commission, — 
Albert P. Langtry, Joseph B. Russell. 
Neil McNeil. 18. iq. 20; John A. 
Kelliher. J. Edward Fuller. 20. 

State House Construction Commission. 
— John D. Long. William Endicott. 
Jr.. Benjamin D. Whitcomb. Charles 
Everett Clark. George W. Johnson. 
14, 16. 

State Library, 11; reference. 111-113; 
"History of Plimoth Plantation." 
112; portrait of Charles Sumner 
(Henry Ulke). 112; medal to Charles 
Sumner from Hayti, 112; bust of 
George F. Hoar (Daniel Chester 
French), 113; librarian, 4. 

State Prison, q. 

Stearns. George Luther, tablet, 38. 

Stebbins, Emma, sculptor, 28. 



VI 



INDEX 



Sterling, Rev. Paul, 31. 

Sterling, Jr., Paul, 31. 

Stevens, Benjamin, portrait. 123. 

Stevens, Charles Edward, 123. 

Stevenson, Brigadier General Thomas 
Greely, bas-relief (Bela L. Pratt), 
dedication, 52; biography, 147. 

Stevenson, Thomas G., 52. 

Stevenson Memorial Association, 52. 

Stone, Rev. Arthur W.. U. S. N.. 53. 

Stone, James M., 12, 13, iiq. 

Strain, Daniel J., artist, 44, 45. 

Streets and Ways, — Beacon, 6, 8, 10, 
14, iq, zo, 28, 36, 68, 124; Bowdoin, 
14; Derne, 13, 14; Hancock, 13, 123; 
Hancock Avenue, 8, iq. 20-22; Han- 
over, 5; Joy. 17, iq; Mt. Vernon, 8, 
13, 14, 17, iq, 21 ; Mt. Vernon Place, 
17. iq; State, 7. 116, 123; State 
House Avenue, 22; Sumner. 8; 
Temple. 13; Washington. 123. 

Strong, Caleb, portrait (Henry Sand- 
ham), qo; biography. 147. 

Strong, Major General George C, qq; 
biography. 147. 

Strong. Wilson B.. qq. 

Stuart. Gilbert, artist, qo. q6. 105. 

Sullivan. James, picture in wax, qo; 
portrait (Ernest L. Ipsen). qb; biog- 
raphy, 148. 

Sullivan, Richard. q6. 

Sumner. Charles. 3q. 112. 114; bust 
(MartinMilmore) .q3 ; portrait (Henry 
Ulke). 112; medal from Hayti, 112; 
biography. 148. 

Sumner, Increase. 8; portrait, (John 
Johnston), q6; biography, 148. 

Sumner, General William H.. qb. 

Sun dial. 131. 

Superintendent of Buildings. Fred H. 
Kimball. 20, 71.73; heating, lighting, 
elevators. 124, 125; coal pocket, 124; 
r«lics. i2q. 

Sydney. Algernon. loq. 

Talbot, Edmund H., 42. 

Talbot. Thomas, portrait, qy; biog- 
raphy. 148. 

Tarbell. Edmund C, artist, qi. q6. 

Taylor. Charles A., qq. 

Thacher. George M.. 12. 

Thaxter. Jr.. Adam W.. 12. 

Thompson. D.D.. Rev. A. C, qo. 

Tillinghast. Caleb B.. 4. 

Town House, old. 47, 48, 116. 123. 

Tracy. Charles. 24. 

Tra-mount. 5. 

Treasurer of the Commonwealth. 8; 
chests. 125. 126. 

Trumbull. John, artist, qo. 

Tudor. William. 6. 48. 

Tufts. Colonel Gardiner, bust (Richard 
E. Brooks), qy, biography, i4q. 

Tyler. General John S.. 28. 

Ulke. Henry, artist. 1 12. 

U. S. S. Battleships. 30. 53. 

United States Senators. 133. 



Vanderlyn. John, artist, qb. 

Vandyke, Sir Anthony, artist, qy. 

Vautin. M.. 8q. 

Vinton. Frederick P., artist. 44, 45. qi, 
Q5. Q7. 

Volk. Leonard W., sculptor. 42. 

Wagner, Jacob, artist, qb. 

Waldron. Rev. Daniel W.. 126. 

Walker, Henry Oliver, artist. 76. 

Wall. W. A., artist. 44. 

Walsh. David I., 18, 42^. 55'. biography, 
I4Q- 

War of 1812, Society of the, 101, 103. 

War Records, — Narragansett, French 
and Indian, no; Revolutionary, 56, 
1 10; 1812. Mexican. Civil. Spanish 
American. World. 56. 

War relics. — Revolutionary. 36. q2. q8. 
103; 1812. 36; Civil. q8. qq, 102. 103. 
130; Spanish American. 103. i2q; 
World, 103, 104, 126. 127; U. S. S. 
Battleship Massachusetts. 1 2q. 

Warner, Joseph E.. 126. 

Warner. Olin L.. sculptor. 31. 

Warren. Charles H.. 11, 107. 

Warren, Dr. Joseph. 77, 121. 

Washburn. Emory, portrait (William 
Willard). q/; biography. i4q. 

Washburn, William B., portrait (Frank 
W. Benson), 45; biography. i4q. 

Washington, George, 88, 100. 102; 
statue (Sir Francis Chantrey). dedi- 
cation. 36; bust (Michael Gallego). 
q3; memorial tablets. 3q. 40; arms, 
3q; sun-dial, 131; biography. i4q. 

Washington Monument Association, 36. 

Watkins, Walter K., I2q. 

Way Estate. 13. 

Webster. Colonel Amos. 102. 

Webster, Daniel, 114; statue (Hiram 
Powers), dedication, 28; biography, 
150. 

Webster Memorial Fund, 28. 

Weeks, John W.. 53. 

Wells. Charles, 10. 24. 

Wells, Samuel, 15. 

West Hill. 5. 

Wheelwright, Rev. John, q8; biog- 
raphy. q8. 

Wheelwright. John. 82. 

Whipple. Charles A., artist. 45. 

White. Edwin, artist, 106. 

White. Henry J., qq. 

Whiting, William, q3. 

Wight, Moses, artist. 1 1 7. 

Willard. William, artist. q7. 

Williams. Henry, artist. q7. 

Wilson. D. M., q8. 

Wilson. Henry, 107, 114; bust (Martin 
Milmore). q3; portrait (Louis M. D. 
Guillaume). 105; biography. 150. 

Wilson. Matthew, q/. 

Winslow. Capt. Herbert. U. S. N.. 53. 

Winslow. Rear Admiral John A., bas- 
relief (William Couper), dedication, 
53. 54; biography. 150. 



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Winthrop, John, 114; portrait (Sir 
Anthony Vandyke), 95, q/; biog- 
raphy, I 50. 

Winthrop. Robert C. q6, loq. 1 18. 

Wolcott, Roger, 15, 16, 46. 102, 112; 
portrait (Frederick P. Vinton), 97; 
memorial (Daniel Chester French 
and Henry Bacon), dedication, 120, 
121; biography, 150. 

Wolcott, Mrs. Roger, 97, 120. 



Wolcott Camp, Roger, L. S. W. V.. 120. 
Woman's Relief Corps, Department of 

Massachusetts, 42.. 
Wood, Joseph Hooker, 30. 
World War, Memorial Commission, 

132. 
Wormley, James, 112. 
Writs of Assistance, The, 47. 
Young, J. Harvey, artist, 45. 
ZoUer, Mrs. Clara A., 130. 



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